I still don't understand why a reasonably well-off Jewish mother never bought the family a piano. Not you. My next door neighbor coming up.
the kids suffered because of this. Didn't bother me though. I went to the community center. They had a Steinway.
88 keys, most of which were no sh*t real ivory... back in the day... and I would sit there in awe.... every song ever written was right there in front of me. I never understood why the neighbor kids' mother wouldn't let them go with me. To this day. Ya gotta admit... that's weird.
When ya put pride before your offspring... mom wins I guess, the offspring however... not so much. Uprights were cheap. I got a used one for xmas later. Imagine that. A "used" xmas present. Lol. They did their best. Used present... omg... the horror.