What should I do to stop my friend playing my piano

[ihavetoleave]

My friend Susan came to my home for several times this summer holiday.She began playing my piano when she got my house and kept playing for the whole day !!!:(
So I can't practice playing when she comes to my house
Sometimes I have to finish playing some pieces of music because these are my homework,I really need to practice!!!!
If I ask Susan not to play my piano,maybe she will never came to my home,and I will be made to feel mean and unkind.
She even asked me to teach her!
What should I do?

(P.S  Susan hasn't got a piano,and she never get piano lessons.I ever asked her to find a teacher and began piano lessons,but she said she did not want to spend money on learing.)

[go12_3]

Sounds like you might need to compromise with Susan.   Tell her it's important that
you need to practice, and that she is only allowed a limited time to play on your piano.
Or better yet, do you have another friend that owns a piano?  Anyhow, you need to
make it clear to Susan what the boundaries are or she will manipulate you and your day,
which it seems to me she is doing a good job of that.  When you communicate your feelings to Susan in a firm yet kind manner, she will understand.  It's great that she loves playing the piano.  Just teach her for 1/2  hour once a week, if you can handle it.  Good luck and let me know how it goes, okay?      

[Bob]

You could put a piano lid lock on it.  That should help.

Or stick a sign on the piano, "Reserved from 8am-5pm daily." 

Kidding.  Just tell her you need time on your instrument.

[weruszka]

I have the same problem! I'm actually sitting here all annoyed as we speak because I can't play my piano, and I can hear someone I live with banging the keys grr..  I feel really selfish, but I work until 5 pm which doesnt leave me a lot of time to practise....Only my pleas to let me play my own piano are not working!
So I'm flat hunting. Wish me luck

[timothy42b]

At last!

An easy one!

Play duets. 

[Bob]

You could ask them to kick in a little for tuning it later.  If they're playing on it, they're putting some wear and tear on it and putting it out of tune faster.