I had a conversation a while back with a piano tuner--a lot of his work has historically come from tuning pianos for churches. He related to me that piano tuning was declining and would continue to do so as churches turn from pianos to electronic instruments. Larger churches with grand pianos would continue to need his services, but smaller and mid-sized churches are turning more and more to electronic instruments. So when I saw this article regarding the closure of piano stores, I wasn't entirely surprised.
The deeper story, unfortunately, is not only that churches are turning to electronic "pianos", but that fewer people are buying pianos generally. Fewer children are taking piano lessons, and that has traditionally been a major driver of piano sales. As a former piano teacher, I find the trend disturbing, though not completely unexpected.
You can read the afore mentioned article here.
The deeper story, unfortunately, is not only that churches are turning to electronic "pianos", but that fewer people are buying pianos generally. Fewer children are taking piano lessons, and that has traditionally been a major driver of piano sales. As a former piano teacher, I find the trend disturbing, though not completely unexpected.
You can read the afore mentioned article here.
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