a good acoustic piano is a returning investment in the long run

one proper acoustic piano is approximately 2-3x of a basic digital piano (around 3k)

for that value, you get an unit that could last you even after your daughter grown up

comparatively, a digital piano last maybe around 3-4 years before it gets wonky (my 5k casio dp spoilt after few years)

and the touch and feel of an acoustic is way different than a digital

you can't get the organic feel from a digital, the way the keys respond, the way the sustain decays, its vastly different from an emulated thing from a digital piano, you will get bad habits when getting too used on a digital

its the same thing as buying a pair of shoes

u can spend rm 10 today and buy one cheap pair of shoes or 100 for a quality one

after 2 weeks the rm 10 shoes spoilt and you have to change them for another rm 10

at the end of the day, you spent almost as much as a quality one but with diminishing return

This post has been edited by pipedream: Mar 30 2021, 12:59 AM

my acoustic piano was bought used aged 35 years old

still sounds good to this day

with proper maintenance, even a 100 year old acoustic piano can sound good

of course if u put the piano expose to extreme enviroment like humidity it will rot like all other wood stuff

i just have a dehumidifier on mine 24/7

again the old 'i don't trust my daughter to persist learning'

shes your daughter, have some faith

anyway, u can resell the acoustic with good price in any case, provided its well maintained

its incredibly important to learn music, in fact i think it should be compulsory for every kids, helps to develop mental and motor skills. not a placebo.

kids are impressionable, its your job as well to nurture their interest. one way i could think of is that you learn or at least attempt to learn the piano together with her as a motivation, could help yourself too.

i self taught at around 21-22 year old, even then, i could still feel the effect. i was a slow learner when i was a kid, would take me ages to understand maths, today i am doing statistics.

keyboardist i guess, need to be sustained all the time because mostly playing standing in crowd

plus keyboard sound the decay so short, no need to keep repedaling also won't sound muddy <- this is also my point if you are to consider a digital piano, its a bad habit to pick up