Piano

I've decided to learn the piano since there is now one sitting in the living room. The piano tuner has just left after working for an hour with a large wrench and electronic tuner. I was somewhat disappointed because I had a fantasy that the tuner would be a master player and start jamming on the piano to "test it out". Also, one of the cats liked to warble with the notes as they were tuned to pitch (try finding 440Hz now tuner man). Imagine stereo "Wow Dow Wow" with "Meow meow Meow" as you try to write computer code. Very soothing.

As I look at the piano, I feel it should be an easy instrument to master in terms of the mechanics. I'm not claiming it's easy to be a master pianist, which is a different thing all together. Compared to the violin, where your mechanics determine the pitch, or even the guitar, the piano gives perfect pitch with just a push of the proverbial button (try playing 13th chords and compare). The challenge is to play independent parts at the same time; sight reading is my particular goal.