Can a bad piano have influence on playing?

[hlconceiro]

Hello to everyone:
    I've been playin piano for 8 years. Last year, I had a horrible teacher, so it was like a one year return (my previous teacher moved to another conservatory, and she was fantastic )
Now I've got another teacher who is better, but he's allways warning me about  my wrist and for finger "work". At the conservatory we have very nice Yamaha grands and uprights, but at home I've got a Samick that is not very good: keys weight a lot and it's harder to make differences between p and f however, i can do it easier at best pianos (I mean a huge

difference) so I was wondering if studiying on such piano can harm my tecnic. I know that  a lot of work is necessary, not only a good piano, but could it be more beneficial? Maybe this summer I could change my piano...
I hope you understand my question and excuse me for my English 

[gorbee natcase]

Of course it makes a difference, If you are practicing on a poor piano you are learning how to play a poor piano as you are studying to use class instuments then you should be practicing on one

[fuel925]

I have thought about this myself, and I always came to the conclusion that if you can learn to play well on a bad piano, then you will sound superb on a good one!

[g_s_223]

I disagree. Poor pianos have a poor dynamic ranges and therefore you learn to over-compensate for this, so when you play at a good piano your dynamics are way off. Even when you move permanently to a new good piano, it takes several months to adjust to its capabilities.

[gruffalo]

i have an upright at home that has very light keys, and i find that it takes longer for me to learn things. i always make better progress on a half decent upright or grand. for me the dynamics can be learned whatever the piano because you should have a feel what its like to do the dynamics and i guess my piano isnt bad for dynamics. its just the notes i find i make such little progress at home for fast pieces.

[gruffalo]

correction of myself: yea that stuff about dynamics was just me ranting on about stuff i dont know. Dynamics are important to learn on a good piano. i just dont realise it because im an amateur pianist.

[zheer]

I have thought about this myself, and I always came to the conclusion that if you can learn to play well on a bad piano, then you will sound superb on a good one!

  That has an element of truth. I gess one should gradually upgrade their piano as they improve.

[steve jones]

I actually started a thread in this section on this very topic, as did another member around the same date. Between the argumenting (yes, I had a bit of a proverbial punch up on that thread), there were actually some really interesting thoughts and opinions. Im sure you'll find these easy with a quick search.

But to summerise, there seemed to be two school of though:

- One thought that a poor instrument would harm development as it would require the pianist to learn compensatory technique which would not be applicable on a good instrument.

- The other argued that working on a bad instrument would be inherently more difficult and that when moving onto a better one, the student would benefit greatly.

I saw merit in both camps and never reached a conclusion. Initially I was leaning more towards the second, but after reading more opinions I was left very unsure. So with that in mind, I shall be following this thread very closely!