Portable (real) pianos ain't new. The Orphica dates from around 1800 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl49YZ8mCGw Conrad Hoffsommer From: joegarrett at earthlink.net To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:38:06 -0800 Subject: [pianotech] Electronic Keyboards - Piano Hide a bed Wally said, "Nowadays we have portable pianos that slide easily under a bed. (Electronic pianos - that is.)" Wally, Please?? We need to stop referring to the Electronic Keyboards/Digital Keyboards as PIANOS! They are not! No Way! No How! They are what I said: Keyboards, Don't get me wrong, being a performing musician, the Keyboards are the best thing since peanut butter, (well, ...almost<G>). Without them, we'd all be toting Baldwin Acrosonics around in Ford Econolines!<G> (been there, done did that!<G>) Just my take on a deplorable habit, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110220/2e6b5da6/attachment.htm>
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