Hi List, Great Idea with real potential! It should also have a microphone to pick up where the pianist is and change pages itself about a measure or so ahead or however the pianist wants it. Should also have a choice of various print sizes and colors and could move along with the music and pianists could add there own markings or color highlight other things. Mike Jorgensen RPT Susan Kline wrote: > > >Susan Kline wrote: > > > >> Speaking of which, how long before pianists can get a thin, flat > >> liquid crystal monitor, which will store all their music, so they > >> don't have to turn pages? It can be a terrible mess for them. > >> > >> I could foresee the day when he or she would just tap the left side of the > >> lyre with their left foot and -- zip -- the next two pages appear. Tap > >> a place further up, and -- zip -- the previous two pages reappear, (just > >> in case he or she overdid it). > > > >Already done! The Van Kovering (sp?) digitals have just that, a LCD > >flat display on the music rack with staff notation. And yes, I > >believe the left pedal turns the pages (where's the hollow knocking > >sound on the soundboard? 8-) > > > >Just trying to keep up with the juggernaut of technology.... > > > > > >Rob Kiddell, > >Registered Piano Technician, PTG > >atonal@planet.eon.net > > > > See, it can be done! But not good enough!! They need one for _good_, _REAL_ > pianos! One that can be moved from one instrument to another. > > But thanks for the info. > > Susan > > Susan Kline > P.O. Box 1651 > Philomath, OR 97370 > skline@proaxis.com > > "It's hopeless! Tomorrow there'll be even more books I should have read than > there are today." > -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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