Why? I mean it is acoustic, is it not? Like acoustic guitar and electric guitar - Yamaha C1 and Yamaha CP-80. Digital piano? Seems pretty digital to me. Terry Farrell By definition a piano is acoustic, and can only be acoustic, therefore "acoustic piano" is redundant. Conversely, the term "digital piano" is an oxymoron. "Acoustic and digital piano" are terms created by corporate marketing departments in their quest to cloud the distinction between pianos and electric keyboard instruments. Yamaha publicly stated this as one of their goals about 20 years ago. It's easier to sell an electric keyboard than it is a piano, especially if you can make the public believe they are musically equivalent. Additionally with two categories of options, acoustic and digital, spanning a wide price range, fewer people leave the piano store empty handed. David Weiss -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:00 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand Why? I mean it is acoustic, is it not? Like acoustic guitar and electric guitar - Yamaha C1 and Yamaha CP-80. Digital piano? Seems pretty digital to me. Terry Farrell On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:54 AM, David Weiss wrote: > I will use the term baby grand when speaking with a client, but > otherwise I > will refer to grands by model number or length. > > The term I refuse to use, even if subjected to torture, is "acoustic > piano". > Conversely the term "digital piano" has never passed my lips. That > however, > is another subject. > > David Weiss
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