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I disagree with this, due to the Lang-Lang Effect!
The piano is VERY Cool, at the moment! Tons of kids are taking lessons, and not just in China!
All these techs and tuners owe Lang-Lang some gratitude!
I'm all for it if it helps more people get into the piano, even though I'm not a Lang Lang fan. One concern though is Lang Lang is a classical piano player, and classical music doesn't have much of a chance to go mainstream.
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The piano just isn't a "cool" instrument right now. What it will take to turn things around is the piano-player's version of the Big Bang Theory, which inspired lots of kids to seek a career in physics.
One thing that HAS to change, in the public perception, is a shift in the notion that a grand piano is just a stage-prop for singers, something like a microphone that is just there temporarily for the purpose. There's a world of difference between that, and someone coming out on stage with a model of guitar that everyone suddenly just has to own. A good many people take a good look at the guitar and can identify it. The piano, however, for most people, is just a big, black piece of furniture. It could say "John Deere" on it for all they care.
I disagree with this, due to the Lang-Lang Effect! The piano is VERY Cool, at the moment! Tons of kids are taking lessons, and not just in China! All these techs and tuners owe Lang-Lang some gratitude! Well, I wish that was true around here. There are two of us piano teachers out here in the sticks (rural Saskatchewan), and neither of us has a single student. This, in an area where almost every second home once had a piano, there were dozens of piano teachers, and three or four piano tuner/technicians. If it weren't for the piano-tuner/technician living in the next town, several of us would be in big trouble in terms of tuning and maintenance. Kijiji is full of local pianos being given away for free.
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I'm all for it if it helps more people get into the piano, even though I'm not a Lang Lang fan. One concern though is Lang Lang is a classical piano player, and classical music doesn't have much of a chance to go mainstream.
Well, he's enjoying Rockstar-like status, so that's not bad for a classical musician. He's also recorded with Metallica! That's about as mainstream as any classical musician can get!
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