Consider that before digital the cry was between tracker touch and tubular-pneumatic or electro -pneumatic. Further steps from the finders to actually doing something physical to the sound source. 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 ----- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: Re: digital? > <<That is the same description organ buff decry the digital organs with > and yet the digital organs continue in increasing sales because of > physical size, cost, and available features. We better get used to it. > James Grebe>> > > > "Get used to" what? Organs AIN'T Pianos. They have white and black keys, > but that's where the similarity ends. > Terry Peterson > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net> > Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: digital? > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:02:18 -0600 > > Hi Terry, > That is the same description organ buff decry the digital organs with and > yet the digital organs continue in increasing sales because of physical > size, cost, and available features. We better get used to it. > 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 ----- From: "pianolover 88" > <pianolover88@hotmail.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:30 PM > Subject: Re: digital? > > > >Pianos are almost like organic "living" things with a soul! > >replacing the acoustic piano with something digital would be like > >replacing a human with a robot. In some ways it might be more > >efficient at certain tasks, would not require food, sleep or coffee > >breaks, but without a soul and and personality and all the human > >characteristics, good and bad....what a boring, anesceptic thing it > >would be! Howabout a fake lawn, because it lasts longer, doesn't > >require mowing or water, or all plastic plants in your house and > >yard? The simple fact is that digital keyboards are ok for certain > >applications, but are in no way an improvement or even an equivelent > >to the acoustic piano. > >Terry Peterson > > > > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- > >From: &quot;Barbara Richmond&quot; > &lt;piano57@flash.net&gt; > >Reply-To: Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt; > >To: &quot;Pianotech&quot; &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt; > >Subject: Re: digital? > >Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:02 -0600 > > > >Guy, > > > >Not only can one &quot;tucker&quot; out, tendonitis can occur! > Even > >though I would tell myself I was only playing a keyboard, the > >musician in me would automatically try to get that keyboard to react > >like a piano. I remember playing for an event and thinking, > >&quot;Well, at least in this section I can settle for playing > >softly,&quot; and then the sound man took over and bumped up my > >volume. So much for expression! :-) > > > >Barbara Richmond > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nichols > > To: Pianotech > > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:36 PM > > Subject: Re: digital? > > > > > > At 09:19 PM 12/25/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > . But every one of those excellent players would tucker out after > >no more than half an hour. Even when there was a > &quot;zero&quot; > >volume, like unspoken escapement, and good damper physical modeling > >(multi-step, etc.), the control just wasn't there without Herculean > >effort. > > > > > > Just my 2 ¢, > > Later, > > Guy Nichols, RPT > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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