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My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
Originally posted by Norbert: [b] The Northpole....
Norbert
I suspect only because Santa and the elves are too busy to practice this month. [/b]
Yes, but wouldn't you think that Santa and/or his elves would be frantically posting here asking advice for the "best" piano to put in a reindeer-powered sleigh, whether elves should do the tuning before delivery, or whether someone has the lead sheet for "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
That's really astounding Frank! You should be very proud for having built a web site with such international appeal. I know you're an SEP consultant and subject matter expert. These are great marketing metrics for that type of business, especially with online retail sales increasing by billions of dollars each year. Best regards, Roger
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Estonia 190 - Serial # 6561
Originally posted by Betty Patnude: I would love to read statistics on the states of the United States!
This is pretty amazing and really enlightens our world in music!
A peaceful world habitat could be built on music I believe!
Betty
This might help a little. It is from the folks who host Piano World's internal search engine. We average about 18,000+ internal searches a week on the main site.
It doesn't give you overall visitors by state (I'll see if I can get that). But it does tell you where people are coming from that are using our internal search feature. Below is a graphical representation of the location of visitors doing searches. The size of each circle represents the number of users. Brighter areas indicate higher user density.
My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
That power axis from Boston through NYC and Philadelphia to the DC area really glows; it makes the little beam from the SoCal area look like a flashlight with failing batteries. Gotta work harder, Broker!
I wonder if the dispersion of light parallels actual piano sales in any way.
Did you see the size of the California circles! Turandot that's probably you and me stressing the server right there.
Interesting mix of countries too (outside of US and Canada and UK). Does it relate to the number of people that speak english? I can't imagine it's a ranking of those who love pianos.
For example, I thought every family in Japan has a new acoustic piano. (The old ones of course ending up here for Kenny to complain about ).
I notice that China's score is remarkably low; I find this surprising. Surely there is a great business opportunity to have one's PW searches done in China, and then export them to places in the world where labour costs are just too high? I hear that the quality and reliability of PianoWorld enquiries has drastically improved over the past few years, especially when supervised by 'traditional' European investigative experts. One should of course maintain a token façade of an office in Europe or North America (always looks good on the corporate website, and serves to confuse customers), and use a Western brand name replete with nostalgic cultural overtones; fake heraldry is optional[1]
One could go into partnership with the Chinese government, or with so-called private investors and businessmen, (usually formerly highly-placed Communist Party officials, but you can keep this quiet), and one could then make a financial killing, assuming the government maintains the artificially low exchange rate. There could be huge factories of urbanised Chinese peasants executing Internet searches 14-16 hours per day, living in onsite accommodation, 60 workers to a dormitory, and one day off per month. No union trouble (as they are illegal), health and safety costs, (apart from preventing the workforce from actually dying on the job, which is hardly good for business anyway), or indeed political instability (as the legislature, executive, judiciary and military are all loyal to a unique and unelected totalitarian political structure.)
All the ingredients are there for a great investment opportunity!
In this way the the ever more impoverished and over-taxed Western consumer can get his/her Internet searches done at a much lower price, and thus have more disposable income to spend on essentials such as wide-screen TVs, designer clothes and running shoes, or even extreme luxuries like a piano. And who knows what will happen when they start making these kinds of articles in China as well... In any case, I expect to see the above figures change greatly over the next few years... and remember that you read it here first!
-Michael B. [1] Ellensearch have a particular pleasing example as their company logo
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