the future of piano study

[David Ilvedson]

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I'm tuning for the annual Stanford Jazz Workshop this summer and=
 it is really exciting to see these young kids playing jazz and=
 sounding pretty good...10 year olds and up...

David Ilvedson







Original message
From: Tom Servinsky 
To: Pianotech 
Received: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:21:44 -0400
Subject: Re: the future of piano study


I can't speak for our neck of the woods ( S. Florida). All of our=
 piano teachers are carrying full loads plus huge waiting lists=
 for any future openings.   Piano lessons are going strong and=
 parents are most enthusiastic of the benefits pianos lessons=
 provide. In addition I'm seeing a lot of the high school=
 students going to the symphony concerts as dates instead of the=
 parting down the block.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Blackstone Piano 
To: pianotech@ptg.org 
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: the future of piano study


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.  
 
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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