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Opera: Good acoustics with digital piano or bad acoustics with acoustic piano
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"Richard Crowley" wrote: "Arny Krueger" wrote... Since the manufacturer of the electronic piano is known, the above seems to be similar to saying that all Roland electronic pianos have "twinky cheap plastic keyboards". Not at all. We don't know the *model number* so we don't know what kind of keyboard it has. Are you saying that ALL Roland keyboards have classic piano hammer-action keyboards? If so, then we already have our answer and don't need to know the model number. I don't know enough about ALL Roland products to know whether they ALL have piano hammer keyboard actions? If anyone does know, they haven't spoken up here yet. I think the more serious point is that *all* pianos have a different feel. Obliging a pianist to play on an instrument that he doesn't feel comfortable with, whether or electronic or acoustical, is cruel and harsh punishment, not to mention not too smart in situations like this. That all said, most of the pianists I work with have, in the natural flow of modern events, spent considerable time playing on a wide variety of instruments, acoustical, electronic, expensive and cheap. Yes, and the same is true for *most* of the pianists I work with. HOWEVER, high-end classical musicians are a different breed and much more "prima-donna" about things like this. For better or for worse. They have their reputations to protect and, of course, their individual quirks. We don't know anything about the musos in this scenario, and I would NOT just *assume* that the singer's accompanist would be fine with a cheap plastic keyboard. Been there, done that, and got burned for my trouble. In fact, many pride themselves on their ability to wrestle good sound out of a wide variety of instruments. Absolutely, and would that we could all work with musicians like that. But it isn't safe to assume that they are ALL that nice. It's not just a matter of being "nice". A great many pianists, including good accompanists, virtually never play electronic keyboards, and in my opinion, the difference in action between any decent piano and even an excellent electronic keyboard is far greater than the average difference between any given two decent pianos. Favorite quote from the printed program at the last "PDQ Bach" concert in town... "Professor Schickele plays whatever piano is available, exclusively." But Peter Schickele is NOT your typical musician. :-) That's for sure. He's a far better musician than your typical one! ;-) (And I'll bet he doesn't do real public performances on plastic keyboards.) |
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