digital?

[James Grebe]

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Thanks Don.
It is very difficult to keep up with the competition instruments just =
reading the hype.
Jim
James Grebe
Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
(314) 608-4137
WWW.JamesGrebe.com
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!
pianoman@accessus.net
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Don Mannino=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 11:19 PM
  Subject: Re: digital?


  James,

  The newest digital pianos do pedal resonances and even allow ghosting =
of notes (holding some silently and playing others to excite harmonics =
on the silent notes).  I know that the high end Kawai CA series has both =
of these features, and I believe some of the Yamaha models do as well.

  The Kawai models also have variable tone quality on each note based on =
velocity - something akin to hammers sounding mellow when played soft, =
and have more brightness and bite when played hard.  In addition, there =
is a featured called the "virtual technician" which allows fine =
adjustment to the tone quality and tuning type.

  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.

  Don Mannino RPT=20


  At 04:47 PM 12/25/2004, you wrote:

    I have always said that we know when the digital is a real contender =
if classical musicians give concerts on them rather than a Steinway "D". =
 My own test is when the sustain pedal is used, does the piano sustain =
just the notes that have been played or does it give add convincing =
sound that the dampers have lifted on all the strings to give there =
comunilative effect.
    Jim
    James Grebe
    Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
    Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
    (314) 608-4137
    WWW.JamesGrebe.com
    1526 Raspberry Lane
    Arnold, MO 63010
    BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!
    pianoman@accessus.net

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      From: St=E9phane Collin=20

      To: Pianotech=20

      Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 6:39 PM

      Subject: Re: Year End


      Hi Alan !



      You rise an interesting strange point here, when saying that you =
can only play a digital piano for about half an hour.  I feel exactly =
the same.  Even though the synthetic thing gets closer and closer to the =
real thing, one's intuition still can clearly (very clearly) make the =
difference between them, and the synthetic is still boring and makes the =
listener tired.  Makes me think of fake light (spots etc) versus day =
light.  Same scenario.  Your eyes never get tired of daylight.  What is =
amazing me is that the real thing is always much more complex than the =
fake one.  How comes that a more complex thing gives us more rest than a =
more simple one ?



      St=E9phane Collin

        ----- Original Message -----=20

        From: Alan Forsyth=20

        To: Pianotech=20

        Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 12:12 AM

        Subject: Re: Year End


        I also tell them that they will soon become tired of the sound =
of a digital piano (at least I do) "listener fatigue" and all that. I =
can only play a digital piano for about half an hour and have to switch =
it off.=20





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