<html> At 10:12 PM 10/28/2000 +0200, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Lynn Rosenberg wrote: > Hi John, I don't have a problem with kids using key boards, it's fascinating > for them.  Bells and whistles, midi, etc. It will encourage music, but, if > the next generation or shall I say this generation gets all wrapped up in > these electronic devices, sales of the Acoustic piano will continue to go > down, and more companies will close they're doors.  Lynn > > Well, thats going to happen anyways. Each year they get better and better reproducing the sound of an acoustic piano. Sooner or later it will be good enough to overcome enough of the remaining reasons for buying an acoustic piano that folks will start buying these instead. And I mean big time. I would think that it would hit the low end of the acoustic market most, but who knows. Another danger with all this is that at some point there will not be enough market to support the industry as a whole, and when that happens the knowledge base will begin to suffer. Then you have an evil circle started which is going to be hard to fight against.</blockquote> You can't fight progress :-) By the time this happens, trees will be at a premium also. 100 years from now, pianos as we know them may be old technology. The polyester finishes of today could be replaced by molded resin cases, who could tell the difference? Regards, <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>