Oh? For a community orchestra like ours, that has an annual budget
barely distinguishable from zero? Not likely. And just to mention
it in passing, community orchestras also tend to have a number of
older members whose eyesight is not that of a 20-year-old any more.
Yes, I'm playing devil's advocate. It SEEMS to be a technology that
could serve us awfully well. Just not yet. Orchestral equipment is
what it is because over about 3 centuries that's proven to be what is
needed. That includes part sizes--with which one can of course
differ--music stand sizes and adjustments, the way stand partners
work together, and a whole bunch of other things. A technology
designed to work at a distance of about 18" and to be hand held isn't
going to serve musicians' needs. And I'll bet that the music market
is simply too limited to entice manufacturers to offer the things
that WE need.
John
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John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music
Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034
(mailto:john.how...@vt.edu)
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
"We never play anything the same way once." Shelly Manne's definition
of jazz musicians.
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