Exactly! Where do they get that wonderful piano sound in the high-end keyboards??? They sample high-end pianos, that's where! So you can reproduce a nice sound ... the same exact sound ... every single time. No unique color, just a nice ... sameness. Now, I have a Roland and I enjoy it. I'd love to play with that machine in the video. And I don't blame small rural churches for getting keyboards to avoid the tuning problems caused by climate extremes. I understand apartment dwellers, mobile home owners, and travelling musicians using them. Nooooo problem. But the day I hear the St. Louis Symphony playing Brahm's 1st Piano Concerto (a favorite) with Peter Serkin at the .... waaaaaaaaaa ... KEYBOARD?!?!?!?, then I will agree that pianos are dead. Long live Alan Barnard Salem, MO ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 4/4/2008 7:21:09 PM Subject: Re: What did I tell you ?? The end is nearer then you think. >David: I agree but I think it's going to digital keyboards going rather than >acoustical instruments. Already, string players are going back to tube >driven amps because of the quality of sound that they get. Digital is great >in electronics but when it comes to music it gets boring real quick. Did you >ever notice the similarity of digital music and harpsichord music. Or maybe >chamber music. Now that is boring. IMHO. >Gerald Mc >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com> >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:12 PM >Subject: Re: What did I tell you ?? The end is nearer then you think. >> Cheer up, Ric...acoustic feels better than digital close-up. The acoustic >> instrument, maker, ensemble, and appreciator will never die. >> At least until the silicon/carbon fusion of computers and human beings >> that's looming around 2060, if you believe Ray Kurzweil. >> Human wetware has a singular vibrational and chemical obsession with >> acoustic sounds. IMO. >> xoDA >> >> >> On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Richard Brekne wrote: >> >>> You folks what think the analog acoustic world will survive the next 100 >>> years might want to take a gander at this :) >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TdQwOUGaFs >>> >>> sigh >>> RicB >> >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.4/1355 - Release Date: 4/1/2008 5:37 >PM
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