Reminds me of the closing days of the home organ era, when the few surviving instruments were five and even six figure works of home furniture!

The minute an instrument starts to be beyond the reach of ordinary musicians, it’s a sign they have mostly moved on to more affordable ways of achieving the same if not better.

The home organ did it to the piano. Arrangers did it to the home organ. Grooveboxes and software have done it to arrangers.

I wonder what’s next? Mind you, grooveboxes and software are still pretty cheap, so I guess we’re not looking at their successor yet!