Piano Industry 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. - -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway I have both an electric and acoustic instrument. The electric was used exclusively this summer. At the end of the summer, I couldn't wait to get back to the acoustic instrument. The electric instrumentt's sound came at you...the acoustic's enveloped you. There was absolutely NO comparison. Dan Hallett, RPT
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC