I started playing the organ at 12 after 4 years of accordion. I got to play a B3 and the Mighty Wurlitzer as a youngster, so I was hooked early on. Didn't start playing the piano until college; there was a rickety console in the dorm and a 12' grand on a stage in one of the auditoriums. I've always played footpedals, still do at church. Left hand bass too.