Digital versus Acoustic Pianos

[David Love]

I don't have a problem with digital pianos, electric guitars, or synthesized
instruments or what they are called.  In all honesty, I'd rather play one of
those than a wiry, sounds-like-hitting-the-side-of-a-garbage-can piece of
you know what.  As you say, they have their place and I don't think you need
to worry about them taking the place of quality acoustic instruments.  For
those with space problems, portability considerations, limited budgets,
sound issues (i.e. noise sensitive apartment dwelling neighbors), for those
who use them to interface with computers for composition, like the gadgets
and toys and variety of sounds, they can be fun.  So why shouldn't they call
them digital pianos?  The better ones use sampled and digitized sound from
real pianos.  What else should they call them?  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Lorenzo Lacovara
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:20 PM
To: pianotech
Subject: 

 

 

The ultimate insult?   "Digital Pianos"

 

A simple question: am I the only one who is deeply offended by the
terminology "digital piano".

 

I dare suggest that I am not the only Guild member (associate in my case)
that finds it appalling that certain well known manufacturers of acoustical
instruments have described their offerings of electronic devices that mimic
acoustical instruments as pianos.

 

Let it be known, as obvious as it is, that these are NOT pianos. The very
companies whose acoustical  instruments  we regularly service are, simply,
helping to put us out of business.

 

There is clearly a place for digital instruments. The capabilities of some
are simply breathtaking.  Many of us, including myself, own one. But they
are NOT pianos.

 

I believe that the acoustical piano developed over the past two hundred
years is one of the miraculous inventions that humans ever conceived. No
death, no maiming, simple love, joy and excitement.

 

Would we not be well justified in asking these manufacturers of cease using
the term Piano?

 

 

 

LORENZO LACOVARA

 

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