There are some things you just don’t expect to read about in a column
about electronics. Gluten-free waffles, for example. Ferrets. Moist
towelettes.
And you’d probably expect that list to include pianos.
No, not digital pianos. Not those plastic, flat appliances with 983
instrument sounds and realism that would fool nobody. I mean real
pianos, the kind in concert halls, clad in glistening black lacquer,
with three pedals and wooden keys that make felt-covered hammers strike
taut metal strings. Those instruments have always been strictly analog.
And very expensive. More