Hello all. I am a lifelong multi-instrumental musician, mostly hobbyist but sometimes semi-professional, been in bands, played on a few obscure albums, yada yada. I've been playing keyboard since I was 10 years old, and with the exception of an improvisation class and a group piano class in college (most of which I've forgotten, but we did use funky old Wurlitzer electrics!), I'm completely self-taught. I'm a fairly proficient keyboardist, mostly synthesizer and Hammond organ, but I'm thinking about biting the bullet and finally taking private piano lessons to learn how to play CORRECTLY with both hands, sight read, etc. I need to buy a proper piano (ie 88 keys, hammer action...not a cheap 100-rhythms-plays-by-itself portable) and I'm weighing my options with digital pianos. The nice ones with all three pedals and a nice cabinet seem fairly expensive, and I'm just a working stiff, so I'm wondering if I can get by with a stage piano or cheaper home instrument with just the one footswitch-type sustain pedal. I'd hate to plunk down hundreds of bucks on an instrument and have my teacher tell me it's not sufficient for learning on. Basically I want to find out what a good piano teacher would require for a beginning to intermediate student to have at home for practice.