You know, you can go out and buy the best piano in the world but if you don't know how to play it won't do you any good. If you barely know how to play it won't sound too good either. if your a decent player it will probably sound like a beat up second hand unit. However, if your a concert pianist well then you will appreciate the nuances of sound and be able to extract the max from that piano.

You can apply that to honing if you wish.