The Most Mod Con
Toner Quinn
Has the affection for the piano in the home sustained – or is it now a piece of technology to be superseded?
Glory days for the piano
At a certain point in the 1980s, in the BBC Four television programme Electric Dreams, the piano in the front room disappeared. No explanation. No comment. Some people may find that hard to accept. I know I do.
The series, broadcast in autumn, explored how technological developments transformed British homes in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, bringing the Sullivan-Barnes family through the decades year by year. Each ‘year’, the ‘Tech Team’ would leave a parcel at the family’s door containing the latest technology, though unlike in the...
