<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px">But who knows how things will develop. it would be awfully attractive to conservatories and concert halls if a really good electronic instrument was avalable at a fraction of the cost of a Steinway D.<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David.<br> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> That is, until a fuse blows, or some other electronic component stops working, and the whole instrument becomes useless minutes before a concert. That, I think, is going to be the big difference between acoustic pianos and the electronic instruments. I stand corrected about the warrantee, as Ken mentioned. But even with a 5 year warrantee, when the electronic instrument breaks down after 10 years, a real piano is still much more reliable and "cheaper" in the long run.  <br> <div style="CLEAR: both"></div> <div> </div> <div>Wim<br> <br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Boyce <David@piano.plus.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2011 3:21 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] !!! Re: Electronic Keyboards - NOT "pianos"!!<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_1820c7a2-7637-4cab-b125-ba60296de1c0><FONT face=Arial>Well it's certainly interesting how things are developing at the high end. If it gets to the stage where the really good ones are as satisfying to play and to listen to as a good concert grand, there would be a lot of advantages. Think how much less space would be taken up beside the orchestra. The volume could be tweaked to match the venue and the orchestra. No need for tuning!<br> <br> Earl Wild in his Memoirs (get the book folks, a super read) talks about playing a concert with a prototype Baldwin ElectroGrand, a proper grand piano with some kind of amplification property. He says it was far too loud for the orchestra at first.  That, of course, was a proper piano.  But who knows how things will develop. it would be awfully attractive to conservatories and concert halls if a really good electronic instrument was avalable at a fraction of the cost of a Steinway D.<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David.<br> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <div>Joe,</div> <div>There are "two" types of  "instruments" that have "keys" like an acoustic piano.  The industry is going two directions.  "Keyboards" have a touch and feel more like organs; "Digital Pianos" are going the direction of producing the feel and 'touch' of the acoustic piano.  August 2009 and January 2010, Yamaha had the back page of the "Journal" with an ad about their Advant Grand piano.  It is "electronic" with and acoustic action.  It not only produces sound electronically, but also produces vibrations in the cabinet making it feel like an acoustic piano.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ken Gerler</div> <div>(Gerler Piano & "Organ" Service)</div> </BLOCKQUOTE><br> </FONT></div> </div> </font>