Agreed that piano teacher can make loads of diff. That’s part of the "problem" with classroom style. U dun have too much bandwidth to chose the teacher.

My son last yr teacher was very hardworking & self-sacrificial, but unfortunately can’t teach well. I din want to pull him out as I felt that every new teacher shld b given the chance to developed. But in the end, it was probably too obvious that she’s not cut up for it. Good thing is that the new teacher was technically strong & was able within 3 mths helped the students to cope enough to pass their 1st practical.

My daughter previous teacher was good, but after transfering class due to schedule issue, we found this term teacher to b even better. There were more technical points for the students to take note of, but all done with such ease. The participation level of her original students vs the newly transferred students was vast enough to be very obvious.

I’m not aspiring my kids to be great musician, just musically trained so that they can switch to an instrument of their liking when they grow up. A fren thus recommended Yamaha which provide good basic foundation incl auditory. Another plus is that if my kids continue to prefer keyboard, they might help out in the church services. For that, some of the church youth advocated Yamaha as it allows the player to pick up songs easily by hearing & then able to play it.

My boy has now completed his basic level & is now being branched into either piano or electone. In the end, we chose electone. Tho it does not provide that classical edge (like how some piano player display the touch & feeling), I believe it’ll allow more creativity & improve physical coordination as a result of the different sounds & both feet coordination included.
Oh…my niece is trained under pte tutorship. She picks up the skill pretty fast, but her little sis seems to be losing interest. I think pte provide faster growth but classroom may help to sustain interest for those less disciplined.