It's ceetainly important to try multiple instruments. I'm a pianist by trade (classically-trained), but I've also dabbled in guitar (didn't interest me, not sure why) and saxophone. The nice thing about a piano is that it can play just about anything any (non-percussion) instrument can. Not as well, or with the same attitude, but it's a useful tool for arranging basslines, riffs, chords, etc.
And I haven't written anything serious yet, but give me a song's chord progression, and I can arrange it for a band.
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