<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jurgen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, I agree with you on this.  But I am in the very situation like this : I'm also a composer, and I happen to write pieces played by a subventionned orchestra.  The orchestra is good, no doubt, but the subventionning is short, so the rehearsals are kept down to a minimum.  I am really sorry to say that my home studio demos sound much more musical than the versions quickly and poorly output by the orchestra.  It hurts me to say.  But this is also a facette of the vulgarization.  All the energy is spread among crowds of people, so don't expect much energy per person.  Hurts to say too, but not so long ago, Pierre Boulez was himself personally disposing of HALF the whole budget for music in France.  That is the other side of the coin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com href="mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com">Jurgen Goering</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: electronics replacing pianos?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Much has been said here that I agree with, but I can't resist adding my condensed version, which is along these lines:<BR><BR>For me, making music involves a multi-facetted relationship between a musician and an instrument. What kind of a relationship can I have with a piece of plastic that will be in a landfill in a few years?<BR><BR><?smaller>Jurgen Goering<BR>Piano Forte Supply<BR>(250) 754-2440<BR>info@pianofortesupply.com<BR>http://www.pianofortesupply.com<?/smaller></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>