the future of piano study

[Blackstone Piano]

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I'm curious to know what other piano tuners think about the future of =
piano study.  I can only guess that the number of children who studied =
piano 100 years ago versus today is staggering.  I've seen some figures =
on the decline of piano sales as each decade passes, and that is a =
telling indicator. =20

I'm not a cynic by nature, and I am not overly concerned about the end =
of our profession coming too soon.  Still, I do think about it and =
wonder if other piano tuners are concerned.  Will the number of piano =
students continue to decline, or slow to a steady number of new students =
each year?  Is it possible in this day of sports, video games, TV, the =
Internet, and a million other activities, to reverse this trend?  What =
would it take to make this happen?  Should/what should we as piano =
tuners be doing more to try and reverse this trend?  I came across an =
interesting speech from Brian Chung, the senior vice president and =
general manager of Kawai America Corporation: =
http://www.pianonet.com/articles/artofwar.htm

I'm just curious what other people think about this.

Thanks,
Colin McCullough

please visit the McCullough Tuning Tutorial, a free online resource for =
learning how a piano is tuned.
www.blackstonepiano.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm


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