Time to change the name of the thread. I don't know about that. What's a real piano? When asked by people with limited budgets I do sometimes wonder whether a good quality electric (or digital) keyboard isn't better to learn to play the piano on than some god awful piece of you know what that won't ever work properly or sound like other than a buzzy banjo. When you consider uniformity of touch, consonance, feedback etc. maybe an electronic instrument is a better choice. Not a BestBuy featherlight but something more substantial. I don't reject that idea automatically. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Weiss Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:06 PM To: 'David Ilvedson'; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand It's not an argument, it's a conversation! Call it semantics, but I believe the word piano should be reserved for a piano. I think this is important because a real piano is a requirement for the study of classical music, jazz or any other type of serious music. I spend a lot of time explaining to people why the electric keyboard they bought at Best Buy or Sam's Club is not appropriate for learning to play the piano. Some piano teachers won't tell them this, and many salespeople at the music store won't. I don't want to see the concept of what a piano is diluted, or have it merge into the amorphous mass of keyboard instruments. It's not just that I earn my living by the existence of the piano, it's that the aesthetic of it move me. I want to keep it alive, that others may experience it. So I fight the fight, and hope my colleagues are on my side. David Weiss
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