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MaryAnn, I'm pleased to hear the storm has mostly passed and you are safe!

You win.

The most obsessive I've been has to be transporting my practice digital on a 4 hour drive for a long weekend vacation.

I got my practice in, and a lot of angry glares from my wife. That was the only, and last, time I brought my digital piano along on vacation.

Sneaking down to the casino bar in Las Vegas at 5am. to turn on the lounge digital for 10 minutes of practice and getting chased out by security guards three mornings in a row...........

..............guilty

... when you run to your piano first thing in the morning, even before having a coffee!

Yep that's where I am now! I was lying there wide awake at 6.30am wondering when would be a normal-ish time to go down and play, but it got too much in the end and I came down at 6.45. I am so pleased this isn't just me.

So let's add to the list: when piano is the first thing you think of each morning and the last thing at night.

So, its not a fleeting obsession? Its a life-long addiction.,,,or what's left of life addiction? Does being addicted to learning to play the piano mean that we are just trying to fill a void in our lives and piano does the job very well? Will we get to the point that piano stops filling that void? I think not because there is so much beautiful music out there that I'd love to be able to play well and it will probably take me 20 years to learn to play well which is probably close to my life expectancy, so I'm thinking I'll be addicted to the piano to the grave.:)

You got it!

Also... When your idea of a great day out is to visit piano showrooms even though you have no intention of buying any of the pianos.

Went to a conference on a topic I love (ethics) but found the music school would let me use their practice rooms so I was in those little closets every day for at least an hour to get my fix...

When you share your bed with a piano...

Couldn't we just call it a life long love affair?

Really? Seriously? Pictures?

Not me, but wouldn't you be a piano addict if you would do such a thing?

When it hits you that one hour practice each day = not enough so you decide to retire from a six figure job five years early.

Ha ha. Yeah, I've become a bit obsessed, too. I'm just trying to keep it under control so it doesn't interfere with school too much (it certainly is to some degree now).

Well, I just wondered. Back when I was a bagpiper I would sometimes sleep with my pipes in a strange place. The bag tucked under your arm feels like a nice little warm animal after all. But a piano? A bit bony perhaps?

Let's say... not only before having a coffee... but even before putting on your slippers in the middle of winter... You just have to run to your piano as you are...

As a 70 year old piano player who has been playing since I was 10 years old, I can tell you that the feeling never goes away.

It is still an awesome thing to be able to make music at any level. I'm not sure there is anything quite like it. I've tried to explain it to people or find analogies and have not been able to.

I quit discussing it with most people because they couldn't care less and can't understand.

Sometimes it feels like the music is already in the piano and all I have to do is move my fingers on the keys to release it into the world. Not sure how to explain what I mean there, but, the thrill never goes away.

Making music is an awesome thing.

An addict here!

I'm glad i'm not the only one.