London, England -- (SBWire) -- 10/17/2011 --The advancements in technology and in particular technology in the musical instrument market has led many a traditional piano maker scratching their heads as to how to compete. http://digitalpiano101.com reveals that the days of hauling heavy traditional pianos around homes and the costs of tuning traditional pianos may be over. Sleek, lightweight digital pianos have taken the piano market by storm.

Digital piano sales confirm that more and more musicians are switching from buying traditional pianos in favor of digital pianos. Digital piano sales have sky rocketed and have now overtaken the sale of traditional pianos. The technology now used in digital pianos can rival the sound and feel of a traditional piano. Many musicians cite the main reason for the switch is down to the affordability and ease of moving around the country with a digital piano.

However, there are still pianists that maintain the only way to play Bach or Mozart is on a traditional piano which is how the composer intended. Modern pianists hit back at this argument by suggesting that digital pianos ensure that the music is played consistently well through the touch and feel of modern digital pianos. Some go further and argue that traditional pianos without constant fine tuning cannot be played to the standard warranted by the great piano composers of the past.

The arguments raised by both sides are well founded. But, nothing can be taken away from the fact that the digital piano market has advanced past the traditional piano market in terms of providing products that the pianists want.

Gone are the days when a piano was placed in the corner of a room and only opened and played on special occasions. The modern day pianist requires his instrument to be portable as well as sounding like the real thing. That is where the digital piano has the edge over the traditional piano.

The battle is sure to continue between the modernist and traditionalists when it comes to which piano sounds better. However sales figures do not lie and seem to suggest that the modernists have the vote to date.