---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The same thing is happening here in my area. Plenty of times I go to a house where they have a "serious electric" keyboard, but, the kids prefer= to play on the old "Banger"=0D =0D I also are finding a "conflict" in churches where the non playing elders decide to replace the acoustic piano with a "Electric Piano". Much to th= e disappointment and disgust of the piano players.=0D =0D Personally think that they are a great means to keep keyboard playing up and running. =0D =0D Down the track a big majority will revert to a "REAL" piano=0D =0D Robin Stevens=0D South Australia=0D =0D =0D =0D =0D -------Original Message-------=0D =0D From: Pianotech=0D Date: 12/27/04 11:02:27=0D To: pianotech@ptg.org=0D Subject: Re: digital?=0D =0D Pianos are almost like organic "living" things with a soul! replacing the= =0D acoustic piano with something digital would be like replacing a human wi= th=0D a robot. In some ways it might be more efficient at certain tasks, would = not=0D require food, sleep or coffee breaks, but without a soul and and personal= ity=0D and all the human characteristics, good and bad....what a boring, anescep= tic=0D thing it would be! Howabout a fake lawn, because it lasts longer, doesn't= =0D require mowing or water, or all plastic plants in your house and yard? Th= e=0D simple fact is that digital keyboards are ok for certain applications, bu= t=0D are in no way an improvement or even an equivelent to the acoustic piano.= =0D Terry Peterson=0D =0D =0D =0D ----Original Message Follows----=0D From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@flash.net>=0D Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>=0D To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>=0D Subject: Re: digital?=0D Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:02 -0600=0D =0D Guy,=0D =0D Not only can one "tucker" out, tendonitis can occur! Even thou= gh=0D I would tell myself I was only playing a keyboard, the musician in me wou= ld=0D automatically try to get that keyboard to react like a piano. I remember= =0D playing for an event and thinking, "Well, at least in this section I= =0D can settle for playing softly," and then the sound man took over an= d=0D bumped up my volume. So much for expression! :-)=0D =0D Barbara Richmond=0D ----- Original Message -----=0D From: Nichols=0D To: Pianotech=0D Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:36 PM=0D Subject: Re: digital?=0D =0D =0D At 09:19 PM 12/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:=0D =0D =0D As a pianist, though, there is never any doubt about whether they ar= e=0D as satisfying to play as a real piano. There still is no comparison.=0D =0D Don Mannino RPT=0D =0D =0D . But every one of those excellent players would tucker out after no m= ore=0D than half an hour. Even when there was a "zero" volume, like=0D unspoken escapement, and good damper physical modeling (multi-step, etc.)= ,=0D the control just wasn't there without Herculean effort.=0D =0D =0D Just my 2 =A2,=0D Later,=0D Guy Nichols, RPT=0D =0D =0D _______________________________________________=0D pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives=0D =2E ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/eb/d7/70/11/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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