There is a sound that makes me lose concentration and even stop playing sometimes: the sirens of the ambulances or fire-trucks. There is a hospital in my town and I am used to listen this kind of sound several times a day, but not when I play the piano.

But the sound that makes me lose my temper is the car horn of people who use it to call someone in the neigbourhood instead of getting down the car and ringing the door bell. Actually, I think that it is not related with piano concentration, but with the fact that I hate the people that do this kind of things.

Yes. I have this problem too, particularly with half heard music ... I have to try and work out what the tune is and it keeps me awake.

My wife's voice LOL!

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Coffee machine that beeps five times to announce it is done. One beep is sufficient thank you very much! Thankfully my dryer has the ability to turn off the end of cycle buzzer as the old dryer would drive me mad with its repeated buzzing.