Piano's Ridiculous?

[classicarts]

After it's been all said and done, I came to my own personal conclusion.  Playing the piano is ridiculous! It just dont make any sense to me.  Whats going to take to have some good quality sound coming out of a piano?   And how many pianos do you need to play different songs by different composers?  I'm so frustrated over this I can't type right now! To have some good sound coming out of a piano will cost you atleast thity-five thousand dollars for a piano and up, that is a general conception.  And that piano is only good for a few songs if its been tune correctly, knowing the characteristic of that particular piano, and technicality of a song. Do you need ten different brands of pianos or ten pianos that has been tuned for a particular piece or composer?  AFter all, playing the piano is about technicality and perfection.  You give me your input here.  I'm seriously thinking about picking up another hobby, knowing that I am a demanding person. 

[iumonito]

Perhaps you should.  But before you do, listen for a second:

Getting a good sounding piano does not cost 35K, it costs about 12-15 brand new.

You would not consider not learning how to drive because you cannot afford a Ferrari.  You drive because you want to go places.  You play the piano because of the repertoire, not because of the instrument.

Bonsai takes a lot longer and it doesn't sound as good.

[xvimbi]

Where did you get the idea that it is absolutely necessary to have the perfect piano to play a certain piece? If you can justify the need for ten different pianos, because you personally are able to hear what sound is required to render a piece perfectly, and you can actually reliably generate these sounds, you will most likely have the money to buy all of them, as you would be the most outstanding pianist on the planet.

[leahcim]

Whats going to take to have some good quality sound coming out of a piano?

In my case, that would be (a) Finding a good teacher [though one that comes back to me with "2 dates / times" in under 3 weeks would be a good start] (b) Lots of practise and then perhaps I might give a %#$ about the subjective subtlies between different piano brands -  but for now, any well-maintained, tuned piano can be made to sound better than I can make it, even a lowly £500 digital.

YMMV.

[alzado]

I feel the person who began this thread is NOT very knowledgeable.

For one thing, I have a nice grand piano that cost about $8,000 in 1990 and would probably cost about $12 or 14 K  today.  It sounds fine.

The Yamaha upright that I play at my lesson probably costs about $8000 and it sounds fine.

And what's this statement he made that, after tuning, you can only play a few pieces before the piano is out of tune?

What planet is this individual living on?

[Axtremus]

What planet is this individual living on?

One where no digital piano exists, of course.

Otherwise, he'd know that digital pianos stay in tune all the time, and their sound is sampled off the best prepared concert grands and all samples have been meticulously engineered to sound better than most pianos on concert stages and possibly even recording studios note for note.