Joe, At 04:20 PM 3/4/2004, you wrote: >In the same vein, any one who has played on the Horowitz 9' S&S, knows that >Vladimir made that piano sing, but by anyone else, the piano SUCKS, (IMO). >Because of that one thing, I do think that the artist can/does elicit the >tone and character of the instrument, to some degree The instrument that has been circulated as having been the Horowitz piano was certainly that...with one small change - it was completely rehammered and the weigh-off changed before it left New York for those tours. What has been seen is only a portion, and a small one at that, of what the instrument had been. Skimmed milk, once more, masquerading as cream. Horace
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