This is a great read and thank you for sharing. I wonder how popular a traditional piano or organ is these days? The upkeep and space were one of the reasons ours left at one point in time. I think we inherited ours.
I remember having a traditional piano growing up and having the tuners come in once in awhile to keep it tiptop. I never did learn to play myself but many who would drop by would sit down and play something. Everyone seemed to know how to play.
Some friends had the electronic ones and those were fun but nothing beats a traditional piano for feel and sound.
I know a lot of folks think a traditional piano takes up too much space now. That may be totally so for some.
Supposedly though, if you have it in a proper place and not exposed to high humidity and the such, they really shouldn't need to be tuned twice a year like the industry suggests. The man who moved mine two times is a professional tuner and each time, he played on it a little and said unless I was going to play in a band with other instruments, mine didn't need re-tuning after the move. Of course if I insist on paying him to come do it, he will come and go through the motions and it may or may not sound recognizably better.
I think there is value in any style of keyboard, depending on what you want to use it for, but to me, if you play a lot personally, I don't know how you would not desire a full sized, traditional piano.
That's easy for me to say. I have one and I don't play it much at the moment. LOL.... but I was fortunate that my tv fit nicely on top so that they could occupy the same space. If I didn't have the piano there, I would need to have some sort of table there for the TV. Since they can share the same space, I have room !
My younger sister and I are the only two of we 5 siblings that took lessons. My older sister never took up a musical instrument, but loves music. Both my brothers were drummers.
Obviously also, mine has sentimental value to me. :)