Pianos are a good example of this. Inexpensive pianos, especially uprights — unless they have a Fandrich action — are simply incapable of the expressive range t

Pianos are a good example of this. Inexpensive pianos, especially uprights — unless they have a Fandrich action — are simply incapable of the expressive range that a sensitive and skillfull budding pianist needs to have to learn. A seasoned pianist can usually work around a crappy piano in ways that a learner can not.