Your Inner Musician Is Just Waiting to be Found

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As a girl, J. L. Hampton begged for piano lessons, but her mother refused. Even after she inherited a piano from her mother-in-law seven years ago, she held back, not wanting to upstage her son, who was taking lessons. But her son Wade, now 15, quit piano last year, and she slid into his time slot. "It's like always talking about going on a diet," says Hampton, 48, who manages the Manhattan office of an executive recruiting firm. "One day, you finally do it and feel good about it." There's no one reason that perfectly sensible, professionally accomplished adults submit themselves to the humbling experience of learning an instrument. What does seem clear is that if you take the plunge, you'll have plenty of adult company. The Music Teachers National Assn., a trade group, reports that 25- to 55-year-olds are the fastest-growing group of new students.