Emma,
"ebony and ivory"  ;')

I too, played piano. I was 9 or 10 when I decided I wanted to learn. Unlike
your OT, my OT told my mom lessons would be a waste of money, but my mom
didn't listen to her, and that OT had to eat her words when I returned to
sachool in the fall because now I could move all my fingers independently! My
teacher had taught a blind kid to play by putting his hand over hers, and
letting him feel what it felt like, and this wqred well with me. I played
piano all through school, until I graduated high school. I was never very
talented at it, but I enjoyed it.

Yay, mag!! That's such a good story- do you still play?  I am intending to ring a removalist 
company  this week to get a quote on moving the piano interstate.  I have a horrible feeling 
it will be really expensive though.

One of my piano teachers got RSI, so I asked the music teacher at my local High School if I 
could have lessons with her.  She looked very pointedly at my arms and said "ah, well.... I 
just don't know if you'd be able to do it."  I told her that I'd been playing for seven 
years and was at grade 4 standard, and  you should have seen her jaw drop open!!