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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Where do you get parts for a 5 or 10 year old
electronic piano?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</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, September 02, 2011 8:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] !!! Re:
Electronic Keyboards - NOT "pianos"!!</DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV>Wim<BR><BR></DIV>
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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>
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<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>
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<DIV>Ken Gerler</DIV>
<DIV>(Gerler Piano & "Organ" Service)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_1_1820c7a2-7637-4cab-b125-ba60296de1c0 --></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>