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Now THAT is a performance I would like to see....

I would have absolutely not been playing the piano now! When I first started, I was living in a college dorm, 5 guys in a small room. No way an upright would have fitted in there (the Korg SP250 barely had any room).
Now I rent an apartment - neighbors + the thought of moving again, it's a no-no combination for an acoustic.

Add to that I've been searching for a place to practice on an acoustic and found none (the Conservatoire administrator basically laughed in my face when I asked if they have any piano rooms for rent), then for sure, even if I had started, I would have stopped by now due to the lack of a practice instrument.

Mmmm...stop thinking about the imperfections and just be grateful for what you have! Now if only this day would be over so I could get home and play...

Again, for me it was just the opposite: The studio upright I had did fit into our apartment nicely. It was old, cheap but had a very deep sound to it. The problem became the practically of being able to play at all. I would either drive my wife crazy or the neighbors crazy so my time to play was limited at best and what good is that when you need the practice. And even when I could play, I had to be soft about it. I got use to holding down the left pedal full time. After a while the situation just eats away at your desire to play and you begin to lose interest.

Today, with my CP1 and headphones, I can BANG the crap out of it to my heart's content at 2am in the morning and disturb no one. That's a HUGE plus.

If I had the money would I buy an expensive grand? Absolutely! Would I be able to play it whenever I wanted and how I wanted at any time of the day or night? NO..............but it would sure be a beautiful thing to look at.

The reality is: I don't have the money anyway nor a place to use it and I couldn't settle for just any AP grand. However, the DP has given me a great desire to play and practice because of the freedom to do so whenever I want.

Your wife is upset that your practicing upsets your cats. Are you kidding me?

like drugs

"Wine, women and song" - "sex, drugs and rock and roll". Yep, I guess I'd put in that category! Ever been away from you keyboard for a while and then you start to experience an itchy feeling to play? I guess it is sort of addicting.

For me, unlike many people here where playing and teaching is a carrier that pays the rent, music is just a hobby. It's not a "take it or leave it" hobby. It's serious. I have to have a keyboard and I feel the need to be playing it and it often interrupts other things I should be doing instead, like going to bed at a decent hour! Does that sound enough like drugs?

It does beg the question... Uh, nevermind.

She should've married a mime.

No. But it's her roundabout way of saying she can't stand my playing - hence the separate building on our property.

I have a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old, and a 6-month old. They keep me hopping during the day and they are pretty light sleepers in the evening. If there were no digital pianos, I could pretty much forget about playing, except for the odd children's tune.

So yeah, DP's are the shizzle.

You ever heard the term: Wife sending me to the dog house? Well.... Now you can say your dog house has a piano.

Maybe she'd change her tune if she heard you were looking for a DP with GF action! ;-)

Come to think of it, he might even be able to sneak in some really nice instruments without his wife ever finding out. I wonder if that would count as "cheating your wife with the love of your life".

EDIT: Kinda slow today, but now I understand dewster's nudge at the "GF action". I'd love to see wife's reaction to that. Poor guy, he'd probably have to get a surveillance camera installed in his "playing shed".

Actually I have, virtually all my instruments are either special-order or custom (I'm left handed btw) and the building is a bit more than a shed as it has full electric and heating/air. It can hold all my guitars, basses and amps but not enough room to add anything larger than a DP. Ideally that would change if I have another building contructed, probably about 750 sq ft (about twice the size of the other building) which would comfortly fit a piano.

Oh, who would be that stupid to bring one's gf to one's home? That's why they have their own place.

If you takin chickens to your secret home, hey
Always go the back way to confuse em just go the long way