Without the Piano

[bachrach]

Pianists, do you think you would have learned to play an instrument had the piano never been invented?

[ajspiano]

Pianists, do you think you would have learned to play an instrument had the piano never been invented?

As a multi-instrumentalist I think I can confidently say "definitely".

I'll also assume for my own sanity in having pondered this for a moment that keyboard instruments like the harpsichord and organ do exist in this weird alternate reality.

[theholygideons]

well, cello would have been my second pick....

[indianajo]

Yes. Pipe organs are really nice, but very expensive.  Even electronic organs with 25 pedals were beyond my means until 2010.  Now you have to pay a recycling fee at the dump to get rid of them. 

[outin]

Yes, of course...playing something was considered "normal" in my family, even though there are no professional musicians among my relatives.