Piano playing

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How late is too late to play your piano? I ask because my new neighbour is getting on my nerves a bit. He plays beautifully - concert pianist stuff - but sometimes on and off from 6pm until after 11.

We can't hear it in the bedrooms. But when I'm pottering about its starting to grate. Not because it's bad - its great - but because it's there.

We live in a terraced house but usually can hear very little. The people before him had a daughter who would scream. They were very apologetic but there was no need because we could barely hear her.

I'm a bit reluctant to whinge at him partly because another neighbour has just had a go at him about some scaffolding which encroaches a bit onto our properties. This other guy was trying to get me to say that I was upset about it but I said as long as it doesn't cause damage and doesn't block access I'm not that bothered. It's only for a fortnight. Basically I now don't want to speak with him about the piano because I don't want him to think we're ganging up on him.

The piano neighbour is a very young guy (early twenties) whose granny has bought him a house. I think the scaffolding was just him not realising that it would be a nuisance to the neighbours. But the piano is pissing me off.

At what point would you pop round?

Wow, that's crazily early. My DD often wants to play as soon as she's had breakfast but she knows it's too early.

I adore my piano, I wouldn't mind trying a digital one though really - I'd love to be able to play at night once my DCs are in bed.

not read thread but in modern days of key boards with volume controls and even ear phones, I would say NEVER is the time to continuously play in TERRACED housing.

I adore piano...but just got my own dd a keyboard for this very reason I would never inflict a proper un adjustable piano on the neighbous.

I don't play before 10am or after 8pm, and never for more than an hour per day. To be honest I haven't found anything digital that feels like playing a real piano, so I wouldn't buy a digital piano or a keyboard, but since I insist on a real piano I limit the times I play it. 7:20 am is definitely too early and 11pm is definitely too late. I think noise is part of having neighbours, but there are limits to what's acceptable and unless someone lives in a detached house they shouldn't be playing a musical instrument very early or very late.

Try living next to people who slam every form of door all the time, have the TV as high as possible, have anti social animals, have long discussions in the garden at 1am at full volume AND is a SAHM so no rest from it. Day in, day bloody out.

Or the one a little along who plays the clarinet badly and piano even worse- and only knows one tune on each.

I'd take a well played piano over that.

9-7 I think. I can't believe he thought it was appropriate that early. If he wants to play outside of work hours then he needs a digital. Our neighbour is a professional musician and only practises in the daytimes. It's medium loud and very frequent but I don't mind it as he's never played when anyone's in bed.

not before 9am and not after 9pm is the rule in our house, for my 3 budding pianists. Same as with any loud noise really

Our nearest neighbour is half a mile away and I still follow this rule. We have two pianists, a drummer and a guitar player.