Nevertheless, my interest in piano never vanished and I have kept playing the piano ever since my last class when I was 14 years old.
Back in Spain, my family owned a very old refurbished piano, but once we moved to Canada, five years went by before my dad and I split the cost of a $4,000 twenty year old Yamaha U1.
Those five years without practice greatly deteriorated my skills playing. After a year practicing around two hours every evening I gained and even surpassed my previous skill level.
The fact that after dropping my piano lessons I trained on my own has affected my technique and a lot of effort would be required now to get rid of some of the bad habits I have developed over the years. Despite this lack of formal training, I have been able to memorize and play quite well some fairly difficult piano pieces.