"Dan Hallett Jr." wrote: > 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 You know that, and I know that, but that fact is of no consequence here. Fact is that the acoustic piano industry is to a huge degree dependant on all those folks out there buying pianos for their kids, students, whathaveyou... that really never spend more then a year or so playing. Or schools that just need something to play a few kindegarten songs on. Its what THESE people end up deciding that will have the impact I described above. Grin... Ever read the book Player Piano ? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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