[pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand

[Terry Farrell]

Can't the same be said of the electric guitar? I mean before the  
invention of the electric guitar in the 30's, all guitars were  
acoustic - so why don't we have only guitars and electric guitars  
today? Are you familiar with the Yamaha CP-70 and CP-80?  http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/YamahaCP70B.htm 
    It has a grand piano action, hammers, piano damper system and  
strings strung in a cast iron frame - only thing different is no  
soundboard. I agree with your second paragraph, but not with the  
first. Some things can be a bit cloudy.

You're saying a motorcycle is not a cycle - only a bicycle is.  
Nonsense. Things evolve and new creatures are created. Just because a  
salesperson tries to cloud the distinction between the two species,  
doesn't mean that they are indeed very different animals.

I suspect we had better drop this one before someone scolds us for  
arguing minutia!  :-)

If you feel the need for one more retort, wind up and fire away!!!

Terry Farrell

On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:02 PM, David Weiss wrote:

> Why? I mean it is acoustic, is it not? Like acoustic guitar and
> electric guitar - Yamaha C1 and Yamaha CP-80. Digital piano? Seems
> pretty digital to me.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
>
>
> By definition a piano is acoustic, and can only be acoustic, therefore
> "acoustic piano" is redundant.  Conversely, the term "digital piano"  
> is an
> oxymoron.
>
> "Acoustic and digital piano" are terms created by corporate marketing
> departments in their quest to cloud the distinction between pianos and
> electric keyboard instruments.  Yamaha publicly stated this as one  
> of their
> goals about 20 years ago.   It's easier to sell an electric keyboard  
> than it
> is a piano, especially if you can make the public believe they are  
> musically
> equivalent.  Additionally with two categories of options, acoustic and
> digital, spanning a wide price range, fewer people leave the piano  
> store
> empty handed.
>
> David Weiss
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf
> Of Terry Farrell
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:00 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha  
> grand
>
> Why? I mean it is acoustic, is it not? Like acoustic guitar and
> electric guitar - Yamaha C1 and Yamaha CP-80. Digital piano? Seems
> pretty digital to me.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:54 AM, David Weiss wrote:
>
>> I will use the term baby grand when speaking with a client, but
>> otherwise I
>> will refer to grands by model number or length.
>>
>> The term I refuse to use, even if subjected to torture, is "acoustic
>> piano".
>> Conversely the term "digital piano" has never passed my lips.  That
>> however,
>> is another subject.
>>
>> David Weiss
>