Hi Lorenzo There are no doubt many who feel like you do. I am afraid tho things are going to get far worse... if worse is the proper term. Human kind is entering a new age no doubt about it. So far our jaunts into the world of digitizing have been limited to the data being processed. The interface itself has been left more or less analog in nature. But that too will pass. The virtual world depicted in so many sci-fi films is not as far off as we think. Anybody pick up on an article in Scientific American just a few months back on the latest progress made in decoding the human brains <<machine code>> ? Scary .... at least from my perspective. But thats where we are headed As for what to call them. Its a lost fight already Lorenzo. Perhaps you also remember about the dawn of Margarine ? At first farmers across the world fought hard and successfully to keep this product "justifiably" distanced from real butter. Producers could not even add color to make it look like butter. Then they got to add coloring packets so the buyer could mix in the color themselves.... and after a while... well who remembers off hand which of the two is high in unsaturated fats eh ?? Cheers RicB A simple question: am I the only one who is deeply offended by the terminology "digital piano". I dare suggest that I am not the only Guild member (associate in my case) that finds it appalling that certain well known manufacturers of acoustical instruments have described their offerings of electronic devices that mimic acoustical instruments as pianos. Let it be known, as obvious as it is, that these are NOT pianos. The very companies whose acoustical instruments we regularly service are, simply, helping to put us out of business. LORENZO LACOVARA
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