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[quote=Anonymous]I love the piano (as in, I learn myself, my kids learn, and we listen to piano music for enjoyment) and I think it's obnoxious for someone to walk into a room and play a piano just because it's there when that means the people who were already in the room need to change what they were doing. If it's a huge room and the piano is in a far corner away from the place where people are sitting, and it's background music for them but they don't need to change their volume or be distracted from their conversation, no problem. But if they need to talk louder to talk over you, or they're distracted from their conversation, or you (as you indicated in your OP) seriously expect THEM to get up and move to another place..... that's totally obnoxious.

It's a resort. You're supposed to relax and unwind. But not when it takes away from others' ability to relax and unwind. Would you like it if someone brought along their bagpipes, just because that's their favorite thing to do at 5am? I mean seriously. You're expected to have consideration for other people.

And as for when people are supposed to play it, and why a resort may have it in the lodge area, I'd say there are 3 options:
1. If you're the first person/party in the room and you choose to play
2. If there's a professional event going on (and they book out the room)
3. If the room gets to be filled with only your party and you all decide to play some music together

You can't seriously expect people to move to another room even though there are other places to talk. That's beyond obnoxious.

As for your kid playing at a "play me" piano, I think it's fine to play one or maybe two pieces if she can play them relatively well. Unless the majority of people are clapping and cheering of course and calling for more. But generally, if she's playing for 5 minutes or longer then that's too long. Nobody wants to be forced to listen to your kid's music practice, even if she isn't terrible at it. Basically, once again, you should think about the people around you and whether they'd see it as a minor annoyance or a major annoyance. And even people who play and/or love piano would find it annoying to need to talk over one. [/quote]

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