How to find a good piano teacher for an adult?...

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NO IDEA if it is even posted in the right section (probably not), but I am very keen to find a good piano teacher for myself and have no idea of where to turn. I have a very good instrument sitting idle, I am always keen to try a few tunes, even tried a self-study, but without good guidance it is hard.

Where should I look?

Ask your local school or LEA music service who their peri teachers are?

Do you have any friends whose children are learning the piano? Get a recommendation from them.

Hmm, personal recommendations are difficult as friends dcs are either babies or really grown up. Approaching a school directly seems to be easier, but how will they react if a person with no ties to the school calls? Good idea, I did not think of it.

Schools sometimes list their peri teachers on the staff section of their websites, especially independent schools. You could probably get a name and then google along with ABRSM.

Thank you Claire! I also found this link for my area. Have emailed a couple of interesting names and will give a local school a call tomorrow to see if they can recommend anyone of their teachers.

Yellow pages or local music shop if you have one? My sis is an instrumental teacher and she just advertises locally - Post Office etc.

You could ask at your local church too - bound to be piano players there who can give you some suggestions.

Thank you everyone! I have located two teachers with seemingly completely different approach (classical vs easy-going), so I have booked a trial lesson with each of them and will decide after... I am going to have music lessons, yay!