What did I tell you ?? The end is nearer then you think.

[Alan Barnard]

Exactly!

Where do they get that wonderful piano sound in the high-end keyboards??? They sample high-end pianos, that's where!

So you can reproduce a nice sound ... the same exact sound ... every single time. No unique color, just a nice ... sameness.

Now, I have a Roland and I enjoy it. I'd love to play with that machine in the video.  

And I don't blame small rural churches for getting keyboards to avoid the tuning problems caused by climate extremes. I understand apartment dwellers, mobile home owners, and travelling musicians using them. Nooooo problem.

But the day I hear the St. Louis Symphony playing Brahm's 1st Piano Concerto (a favorite) with Peter Serkin at the .... waaaaaaaaaa ... KEYBOARD?!?!?!?, then I will agree that pianos are dead. 

Long live

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 4/4/2008 7:21:09 PM
Subject: Re: What did I tell you ?? The end is nearer then you think.


>David: I agree but I think it's going to digital keyboards going rather than 
>acoustical instruments. Already, string players are going back to tube 
>driven amps because of the quality of sound that they get. Digital is great 
>in electronics but when it comes to music it gets boring real quick. Did you 
>ever notice the similarity of digital music and harpsichord music. Or maybe 
>chamber music. Now that is boring. IMHO.
>Gerald Mc
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:12 PM
>Subject: Re: What did I tell you ?? The end is nearer then you think.


>> Cheer up, Ric...acoustic feels better than digital close-up. The  acoustic 
>> instrument, maker, ensemble, and appreciator will never die.
>> At least until the silicon/carbon fusion of computers and human  beings 
>> that's looming around 2060, if you believe Ray Kurzweil.
>> Human wetware has a singular vibrational and chemical obsession with 
>> acoustic sounds. IMO.
>> xoDA
>>
>>
>> On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Richard Brekne wrote:
>>
>>> You folks what think the analog acoustic world will survive the  next 100 
>>> years might want to take a gander at this :)
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TdQwOUGaFs
>>>
>>> sigh
>>> RicB
>> 



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