Do many players play more than one system?

I suppose its a little like 'the grass is greener'. I play the EC but keep thinking about possibly taking up another system either Anglo or Duet - my head says its not a good idea, as it will detract perfecting the EC. But nonetheless my mind still keeps wondering. I'd be interested to hear from others who have taken the step out into more than one system, was it a good move or not?

By Rich C R, December 11, 2018
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Hi RAc Please take this with a large grain of salt, because I'm only discovering the differences for myself ... Oh yes, I'm familiar with Kurt's essay. And I've discovered the 4th finger's use for the Crane 4th. But if you play in the style that the Sallie Army book lays out and in keys that you mentioned (C, G and D), you only use the 4th finger, at the most, twice for C# and F# in D. You can still pretty much stay on the 1st three fingers. When I got