Anyone else get sense the desperation in this?<p>Once upon a time every middle-class home had to have a piano.  Now they are relics.  Sales of home pianos have tanked.  Steinway sells to the pros, a small market, and the very rich.  But those very rich who were raised with pianos in every home are getting older.  Their kids don&#x27;t want to spend $$$,$$$ on a great piano and the maintenance it requires.  So Steinway is injecting technology in hopes of keeping the rich onside.<p>Pianos, the good ones, last for decades.  But what will this ipod-dependant thing look like in 2030 or 2060?  Will they join their brethren in concert halls, or lie forgotten in grandma&#x27;s storage locker?  An old Steinway is a useful device capable of doing the same job today as it did when built. An network-enabled ipad accessory will not age so well.