I just recently purchased a Kawai K-200, which is a 45" upright acoustic piano. It was really the best that I could afford.

I am still a beginner, started a few months ago. I have weekly lessons. Though, I am wondering if I can actually get good at the piano I have now. Or will I need to upgrade to an expensive one in a few years (like a Bechstein or Bösendorfer) if I want to progress further?

Silly anon wrong board.

I think you hit the wrong board bruh.
But yeah, it will last you for years to come, unless you want to perform on stage.

Think you got the wrong board.
Then again, ain't like /mu/ is keen on actually playing instruments.

>>714792324 (OP)
The tool doesn't make the artist. Especially with a piano you could ostensibly perform pretty well with even just a desktop keyboard.

>>714792324 (OP)
Yes. You can get to a high skill level on a cheap upright to the point where changing over to a baby grand will have tangible benefits. Hell, you can get that good on a nice electric too (as long as it has weighted keys). But that will require you to stick with it.

>>714792324 (OP)
Yes. But you should probably get it tuned.

>>714792807
I'd argue no, at least to a certain degree. I learnt on a cheap electric piano, and I gotta say getting a nicer electric piano with weighted keys helped me learn 10x faster, because the tactile feeling was more in line with a real piano rather than hammering on plastic keys. Someone on a dirt cheap yamaha clone isn't going to be able to perform as well as the same exact person learning on a nicer piano.

>>714792692
I would like to get good enough to impress a girl (just one is fine honestly, looking for the right one)

>>714792324 (OP)
I'm only good at it because my parents forced me to learn it from kindergarten up until high school

>>714793145
Then even a cheap keyboard would've been enough. Now you gotta put in the practice and remember consistence beats intensity.
Better to practice every day 20 minutes then once every Sunday 2 hours.

>>714793145
Oof, big mistake off the bat
Do it for the love of playing, not for a woman. The woman will come naturally

>>714793306
Eh, I started playing Guitar to get girls but eventually did it for the music itself. It can work both ways.

>>714792324 (OP)
PLAY THE FUCKING PIANO

I want to piano but my brain is singlecore

>>714793306
I do it for both, for the girlfriend who will appreciate the piano and because I love playing.

heh. for me, i was getting into blink 182 and metallica right around when my balls dropped, so my parents of course thought i should have keyboard lessons. and not even 'play in a band with your friends' keyboard, 'here is how you play singles-chart pop music from songbooks you buy at the music store' keyboard. if ever i get a life do-over, that's the thing i'd change.

I have a midrange TERENCE piano and it's fine. They made some new models end of last year, might be already available to buy in the west. Playing piano is all about pattern and grind, first and foremost.

>>714793895
Do you type with two hands?