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Just some hypothetical stuff
Imagine that you have to chose between 2 options:
A) you will have possibility to practice not more than 1 hour daily, but on a great instrument (new Steinway etc., - think of an instrument you consider as "great" personally)
B) you will have possibility to practice as long as you wish daily, but on a cheap instrument (lowest price digital slab, old grandma's upright etc.)

What would you chose?

Why not both?

B

What would I choose?

A. I would choose a Steinway, because the sound would keep me wanting to play and practice.

If I was young, I would choose A, but at my age, I choose B.

(As a young person, I had a much more busy life, more friends to see, more leisure-time activities to explore. I also had many more years left.)

Right now I would choose A. I don’t have time for B.

A. I'd have to have a really efficient practice strategy, and probably have to learn the music away from the piano.

A
I have done B and feel it hindered my progress.

I will sale A and with the money I'll buy a better B and a trip to visit the Star wars Galaxy's Edge.

I actually inherited Grandma’s old upright, so I choose B, as it is still in pretty good shape and plays quite nicely. In fact as much as I like my FP30 - Grandma’s old upright still plays better and more authentically than almost all digital under US$2,000. But if B = the lowest priced digital slab, then forget it - I’ll take the 1 hour on the Steinway instead.

Are you likely to practice e for more than an hour per day? Does the 1 hour come with specific time constraints that may be problematic? If so, B, if not, A.

Option A for me, i think one hour a day isn't that bad.

Because in order to afford A I have to have a job. (I also need to keep my job to have health insurance.)

I'm going to pick A. An hour is enough for someone with my potential and my easily injured wrists...

I'd go for A, the great sound. I'm sure the limitation of 1 hour would force one to focus

I would choose B. Better to start low and aim high. Then start off high and come back to reality. Now if I could eventually own the Steinway I would choose A.

All you old farts who chose A are forgetting (of course!) that you (ok, We) soon will be unable to hear the difference between pianos A and B!

A, most definitely!

Reasons:

1. It would be SO MUCH more motivating
2. I don't have time for more than one hour a day anyway.
3. I rarely make use of replaying my own recordings, so easy recording facility is not that important.
4. I intend to maintain the ability to hear the difference for decades to come.

But, if the "great piano" is far away, whereas the "cheap piano" is in my home, I would choose B for convenience.

I would choose A as well. I soon might not hear the difference, but my brain would know I have a top notch piano (at least until the brain goes too).

Since the question is hypothetical, I would desperately look for hypothetical option "C".



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