Hi David, Baldwin managed this on a keyboard over ten years ago. Solo piano performances on keyboards while as yet rare, do happen. There was even a CBC broadcast of one. At 01:18 PM 1/13/2007 -0600, you wrote: >Ric and all the others who worry about the acoustic piano going away: >One of the things that we hear in an acoustic piano is the resonance of >the other strings on the piano when a chord (or single note) are being >played and the pedal is lifted. > >David M. Porritt >dporritt at smu.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On >Behalf Of RicB >Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:26 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: electronics replacing pianos > >All of which only goes to underline one of the main points I see in all >this. The replica does not really need to ever fully reproduce the >sound of the acoustic to be able to take over. It only needs to become >good enough so that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks enough the the >buying public... which as Stephane so eloquently points out are already >so very willing to accept a vulgarization of the instrument, are seduced > >into buying the replica instead of the acoustic. > >Its a sad development in so many ways to be sure. Just today I was >sitting most of the day with Edward Griegs old B having technical >responsibilities for a recording session with Simax, and English >recording studio. These thoughts this discussion deals with went >through my mind several times this morning during the initial tuning, >and I thought to myself.... my my my... when THIS so intimate >connection between human and acoustic instruments disappears, what a sad > >day that will be... if it be. > >Ok... so I am afeared and and many others are far more optimistic. But >in the end.... well... who was it that said there is no magic in our >work, no soul to a piano ? > >If they ever do manage to fully imitate the acoustic world (and I rather > >believe sooner or later they will)... they do indeed have a major task >in front of them. > >Cheers >RicB > > > I confess, I have no idea what a clavinova costs. The point is the > same. My guess is that a lot of consumers would pay more for > technology. Schools know the costs, they have done it for years. > The 30 year old piano is sitting there and the school is on their > 4th keyboard in 15 years. They spent a lot on replacement to save > tuning costs. People buy it because they want it. The schools > mission statement mentions the teaching of technology, some > pricipals have asked music teachers to use their keyboards as part > of the technology education. We buy stuff everyday that has no > value the next and know that we have to upgrade. The larger point > of the Yamaha ad is that I was astonished that they really left no > room for the acoustic piano. > Phil Mosley > > > A complete new Yamaha grand action plus fancy keyboard for $2K? > Seems hard to imagine.. > Farrell > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/624 - Release Date: 1/12/2007 2:04 PM > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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