<!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 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A complete new Yamaha grand action plus fancy keyboard for $2K? Seems hard to imagine...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=mosley@classicnet.net href="mailto:mosley@classicnet.net">pbmosley</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> Friday, January 12, 2007 9:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> electronics replacing pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a technical discussion and then the discussion that matters alot to the technicians.  A lot of the professional players, teachers, schools, churches and recording studios have already decided on digital.  These changes will mean far more to the profession than whether or not there are technical differences between the two instruments.  It's small, I can move it, I don't have to tune it, it makes all kinds of sounds, I can use it with my computer, it costs less.  My point I think is that a professional rebuilders criteria of piano sound is not very relevant to the average piano consumer.  I heard a Yamaha radio ad for the clavinova, same action, same sound as the best grand.  $100,000, or $2000, it's all the same.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Mosley</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>