Neighbour has piano on adjoining wall

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Is it unreasonable to expect our neighbour not to have put their piano on our adjoining wall? It is so loud and goes through every room! 😒

No but your username suggests you perhaps aren’t the quietest neighbours either...

Have you told the neighbour that their playing is louden is disturbing you?

*loud and is disturbing you

Do you think it's possible they can hear you, theyve just never complained?

Depends on what time they are playing, during the day and early evening then yes YABU, but if they are bashing out chopsticks at 11 at night not so much.

No, we spent alot of money soundproofing the wall against talking / TV sound etc. Just doesn't work on a piano against the wall.

What sort of music are they playing?

It's nice to hear cultural activities.

I suspect they’ve put it there because there’s space there. In a fairly typical terrace /semi house I’m imagining a front room where one wall will have the doorway, one will have the window, there’s maybe a fireplace and depending on size of room there may be very little flexibility.

Sounds like the walls aren’t well insulated anyway if you had to spend tons on sound proofing.

If they’re playing at 3 am or something obviously you can complain. But tbh if it’s a reasonable time then they’ve every right.

Be thankful it’s not a drum kit

Quite strange that the ONLY thing the soundproofing doesn't block out is the sound of a piano

How often do they play?

I have been having a row with my neighbour for a few years about her piano. She claims she has sound proofing but I am 🤔. She plays for hours a day and I hate her. I actually hope the piano lid falls on her hands some day and breaks all her fingers. She was playing Christmas carols for two hours today while I work from home.

Pop a list of requests through their door....

yanbu. She should get a proper keyboard she can use with headphones.
A proper piano isnt suitable for a terranced house, nor are things like drum kits.

Are they playing it at anti-social times?

You have my sympathy. Our neighbours have their humungous telly and speakers on the wall that butts on to our bedroom and living room (flat) Not so bad until bedtime (which is when they come home) and they decide to watch a film/listen to music with surround sound...

I think you should go round and talk to them.
Is it a terraced house or semi-detached? If semi-detached ask them to consider putting it against another wall.
I play piano and live in a flat. The piano is not against an adjoining wall. I have spoken to the neighbours downstairs about when is reasonable for me to play it. I try to practise when they are out. We came to an agreement that I wouldn't play after 7 pm and not before 9 am. I don't play for hours anyway - maybe an hour a day or so, and as I said, mainly when they are out.

I think if you play piano (or any other loud instrument) you should talk to your neighbours. An electric piano with headphones could be a solution but once you get to a certain level you do need a "proper" piano so I don't see why people should be forced to change to an electric piano.

I think it is very selfish of people to play for hours on end like the example someone came above. I also think if children are banging on it rather than playing properly the parents should be considerate of the neighbours and tell the children not to.

What sort of playing are they doing?

What time are they playing? Mine plays from 7am - 7pm daily off and on.

Are they semi-detached? If so YANBU. If not, and if it's an upright piano, then it depends on whether they would be able to put it against a front or back wall.

We have an upright that I've had for 30 years - our house is glass front and back, and terraced, so no walls to put it against that aren't adjoining with neighbours. Not much we can do about it except be super considerate about keeping the "soft" muffler pedal on and only playing during waking hours.

I’ve had this. Just put on loud music when they play and they will soon come knocking wanting to reach a compromise on practice times.

Yes semi detached.

Piano does sound like we are all in the same room which is weird as we hear nothing else since having the walls done.

I could lend you a saxophone...

I'm sure she'd appreciate your getting to grips with playing it

DH plays piano but his piano is not on an adjoining wall and he keeps the soft pedal down permanently. Perhaps your neighbour is not doing this, could you ask her to?

Ask them to move it - offer them to come round whilst you go and play it to show them how loud it is. If they still say no then just blast loud music against the wall for a few hours every day whilst you go out.