How can I practice on a lightly weighted piano?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

This response is the ultimate in absurdity!  And this entire thread has been a pointless exercise destined to a pointless destination: the boy, the original poster, has learned he can practice on suitable pianos at school! Yet, in the end he has insulted all of you who have participated in trying to help him!  All hail the internet:  the last refuge, it appears, of complete idiots!  

Oh really is that so?  Did you read all of the comments?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

This response is the ultimate in absurdity!  And this entire thread has been a pointless exercise destined to a pointless destination: the boy, the original poster, has learned he can practice on suitable pianos at school! Yet, in the end he has insulted all of you who have participated in trying to help him!  All hail the internet:  the last refuge, it appears, of complete idiots!  

You guys were arguing the entire time!  Even keyboardclass said that my thread was getting trashed.  So am I supposed to thank you for ignoring my question?  I guess I should be a little mire specific though.  The guys who were arguing on my thread ruined it.  And I do thank the guys who suggested that I should have a balance between key weights such as johnmar78, YOU for suggesting that I get a job (which I might get over the summer), and I think Birba too?  Forgive me if I missed anyone else which I'm sure I did.  It's just that after the first few posts, this thread turned into an argument which is NOT what I intended it to be.

I also didn't expect the school to let me practice there because I got denied several times so it seemed out of the question.

[keyboardclass]

Yeh, sorry about that, it's just that that other guy is a royal pain in the butt.  Glad you solved your problem.  Ditch the nasty keyboard!

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Yeh, sorry about that, it's just that that other guy is a royal pain in the butt.  Glad you solved your problem.  Ditch the nasty keyboard!

I understand that you were trying to help out, but I guess sometimes we tend to argue and get out of hand when deciding what's the best for people.  It happens to the best of us.  

[nyiregyhazi]

I had no desire to get involved in any issues outside of the topic- ie heavy and light actions. However, seeing as I'm being accused of thread trashing, I will make this single post to state that my posts have pertained directly to that topic. When a person manipulates a quotation in a bid to support something that they would like to believe, I feel that should be exposed- for the sake of the topical issues under discussion.

The accurate quotation:

"It is said that clavichordists make excellent harpsichordists, but not vice versa."

became

"It all goes back to something CPE Bach said of clavichord players versus harpsichordists.  He said the former, a very light touch, would always be able to play the latter, a heavy touch, well but never the reverse."

Apologies if that resulted in a prolongation of this poster's behaviour, but I believe that such staggeringly dishonest misrepresentation of what CPE Bach supposedly "said" should be exposed- particularly as he was trying to use this manipulated paraphrase to make a point about the topical issue. Other than the fact that harpsichords do not have a remotely "heavy action", to hide one's own points within the words of another (in a way that gives the impression that the statement was specifically made in reference to action weight) is totally out of order.

[survivor23]

rachmaninoff_forever, I just wanted to show you my support;  After all, I had your same challenge when I was in highschool, and it ended up becoming a strength, made me an artist of more variety. I always had to "hustle" it seems to find a way to practice, and in the mean time, I met different types of people. (ie, at one point I was borrowing a piano that belonged to a jazz teacher, and he actually showed me some things in several few minute lessons, that have stuck with me forever).

Learning how to play on any piano and making adjustments is so key, and does wonders for your confidence.

There are always people giving away free pianos, because of the hassles of moving them. If you can scrape up the money for a mover, and your parents have the space, that should solve your problem, right? You can practice to your hearts content, keyboard at night, and piano during the waking hours.

Good luck to you.

[keyboardclass]

I understand that you were trying to help out,

Yeh.  We agree to differ rach, which is  OK.  Please also allow me to apologise for my stalker.  He followed me from another site.  Good job my rabbit is no longer with us!