<p>nemom, my S’s school (Dartmouth) has pianos in dorm common rooms. (As did mine. Of course, you have to be willing to play where other people can hear you. Not being willing is what ended my piano-playing back in college.) They also have practice rooms with pianos, and one does not have to be a music major to use them. My S actually took up playing the piano for the first time in college, auditioned for free lessons after the first year, and seems to practice every day. A keyboard would not have fit in his dorm room, except under the bed with the violin and the guitars. :)</p>