<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Guy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not only can one "tucker" out, = tendonitis can occur!  Even though I would tell myself I was only playing a = keyboard, the musician in me would automatically try to get that keyboard to = react like a piano.  I remember playing for an event and thinking, "Well, at = least in this section I can settle for playing softly,"  and then the sound = man took over and bumped up my volume.  So much for expression!    :-)  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</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=nicho@zianet.com = href="mailto:nicho@zianet.com">Nichols</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 26, 2004 = 4:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: digital?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 09:19 PM 12/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">As a pianist, though, = there is never any doubt about whether they are as satisfying to play as a = real piano.  There still is no comparison.<BR><BR>Don Mannino RPT <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>. But every one of those excellent players would = tucker out after no more than half an hour. Even when there was a "zero" = volume, like unspoken escapement, and good damper physical modeling (multi-step, = etc.), the control just wasn't there without Herculean effort. <BR><BR><BR>Just = my 2 ¢,<BR>Later,<BR>Guy Nichols, RPT </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>