I hear you. I'm lucky enough to play a grand at work, I couldn't have one (or an upright) at home either. Perhaps as an idea for the future you could consider the Yamaha silent piano system. I've tried it and it's quite good. Still clunks some when "silent" but that way you could play a real acoustic a couple hours during the day perhaps and then switch to silent mode for the neighbors. It's pretty expensive though :/Ojustaboo wrote:If I didn't live where I live (my house is sandwiched between two others, all sort of joined on to each other) I would have an acoustic by now.SanderXpander wrote: EDIT: And I also did mean that last line in my previous post; if you're really serious about "learning the piano", you're really best off getting one. It's the only thing that will let you really learn the feel of an acoustic instrument, no amount of samples or sympathetic string resonance or whatever features and whathaveyous can compete with the actual feel of an acoustic piano vibrating beneath your fingers and in front of you. Anything else is bought for convenience (easier to record well, less noise, midi, portability, etc..).
But worth a thought!