[NewMusic] acoustic vs. electronic

[David Slusser]

On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Barry Threw wrote:
> I did not say that no instruments with acoustical or mechanical
> functions will ever be produced after a certain point.  What I did say
> is that all the instruments that we use now will be obsolete.  There
> will come a time when it will be hard to find a widely used instrument
> with no electronic components.  This is not to say that older
> instruments will not function, and be used, but they will be a niche
> fetish item...just like paper printed books are becoming a fetish item

Books (except for ceremonial purposes) may largely go away.  We  
shouldn't
be making them out of wood, and other fibers may also become more
critical as bio-mass.  However, I disagree about the speculative  
obsolescence of
musical instruments with no electronic components.  Ask anyone who  
plays one.