To wonder why people enquire about piano lessons when they have no piano??

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AIBU to find it a bit strange?

Parents making queries for their child to have piano lessons when they don’t have a piano or keyboard at home.

Even if a child has lessons in school on a school piano how would they practise?

Am I missing something?

I'm not the OP but assuming it has full-size or nearly full-size keys I think that would be absolutely appropriate for them to become familiar with the geography of the keyboard, learn the basics, and get to like playing. It will need replacing once they get beyond the initial stages but I wouldn't bat an eyelid if a parent provided something like that for their child to practice at home.

terf you might be better off w a second hand keyboard. You need something w touch sensitive keys (so if you press hard the notes sound louder than if you press gently). Eventually you'll need something w the full range and pedals but I wouldnt worry about that to begin with.

Piano lessons round us when DS1 started were about £25 an hour. We bought a keyboard for under £100 for him to practice on. When it became obvious he was continuing we bought a piano (old , but nice tone and in concert pitch) for about £200.

If you can afford private lessons then an instrument shouldn't be a problem.

OP - I agree that music lessons without the ability to practice somewhere in between lessons are pointless.

Hi terf - yes that sounds fine, but as Barbarian suggests if you can get a keyboard which is touch sensitive that will be more beneficial (a second hand one will do just fine).

Even at beginner level I think it's important to get a feel for the keys to know how it feels to play loudly and softly. Dynamic contrasts are required even at prep test level so this would be better if possible. :)

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@explodingkitten I’m so sorry, I have no space at present for your child. Good luck on your search.

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I don't know why you'd think that I would hire someone with such arrogance and inflexibility as you are displaying here . There are plenty of teachers who either teach on their own piano at home or bring a spare keyboard for the first few lessons. I'd rather have a teacher that understands that kids need to try out something first before putting a lot of pressure on them. There are a lot of music teachers looking for work in my district so I don't know why you think that I would mind of you don't want the work. Maybe you are very special and in high demand where you are, I don't know. The music teacher that I know that carries around a keyboard fir new students teaches a student (not my own child) that went on to play with Llang llang so.... sounds like a fine teacher to me.

Thanks for feedback. We can get an old family piano (well maintained, antique etc) if we had the room - it's at the in-laws now several hundred miles away. Child is very young and that's the instrument the school offer lessons on, so I thought we might as well try her out.

I've looked at second hand keyboards but they were a lot more expensive than the Aldi one - the tutor said at least five octaves but I didn't know what the quality gap is

Many thanks

And people wonder why classical music (for example) is seen as elitist?

Yes. Horrible snobbery on here.

I was a FSM child but my mum scraped by because she wanted me to have music lessons (she never could). She had no idea that it would've been easier if I'd learned piano as well and we'd never have afforded the two.

I really hate that kids like me don't get music lessons at all now as they're too expensive. They were free of at least subsidised when I started, up until I was about 13.

Why are people so rude?
I think its odd to book a piano teacher to give a lesson at your house with no piano. Funny really.
My dd has lessons at school and we have a key board not piano. The teacher has said we should have a piano but i ignore as its a second instrument for said child, we are not rich and dont have room for a piano.

I've already said in another post how I do not expect any one to buy a piano before trying.

You are totally contradicting yourself. In your OP you say:

Parents making queries for their child to have piano lessons when they don’t have a piano or keyboard at home.

But now all of a sudden you're backtracking and understanding that people need to try it out first. So what is your position? Because it can't be both. When I said a kid needed to try it out tge first few times you were all arrogant that you didn't want to teach my child.

We bought a cheapish (£50) starter keyboard when my child started piano lessons. We upgraded to a piano once they’d got through grade one and we knew it wasn’t just a whim. I couldn’t afford to have the expense of a piano for something that might have been a fly by night hobby.