0_Wizard
Do you play the Piano? I'm self-taught, learned while working nights at a hotel on the lobby piano.. 
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.
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Frank Sinatra
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John Cage
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Hays Hall
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Sviatoslav Richter
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Top Hat
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The Beach Boys
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1_Apprentice
I wish I could play the piano, it is so beautiful! Has it been around for long?
0_Wizard
They were invented in Italy in1700 so in the big picture no. No better time to learn then now. 
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.
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Furious Theatre Company
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Big Picture (magazine)
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Big L
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Ed, Edd n Eddy
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Steam (software)
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1_Apprentice
That seems like a long time haha, but I guess not in the span of all things. Is it hard to learn