The Horowitz Steinway Piano at Sherman Clay San Francisco

The legendary Horowitz piano with Franz Mohr and the stars from KDFC Classical Star Search

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• Horowitz
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• Sherman
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• KDFC
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• Franz
• Mohr
• Liszt
• Chopin
• Rachmaninoff
• Scriabin
• Beethoven
• Mozart

[k73f]

Wow amazing.

What is the song that was playing by that man?

[LVB1770]

k73f, Horowitz played this piece a lot. I believe it's Rachmaninoff but I am not sure which piece. Can anyone name that tune?

[damildlyshreddah]

Such an experience :D

[LVB1770]

Thanks damildlyshreddah, it was an experience!

[LLPorduction]

@rectaltemp wow... you think so :'( I don't. What are your favorite classical pieces?

[spaetensonaten]

@LVB1770 Finale to Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in B minor, op. 58

[rectaltemp]

WHY do people who play "classical piano" have to play pieces that sound awful but showcase that they can play fast and hit all hte keys?

[ElEsquisProductions]

@nikolaiski I once played on his piano, which was in the Steinway Factory last year. It has a very heavy action, but since I had always practiced with heavy mechanisms (Petrof and Wienbach) I didnt had a problem. Veeeery powerful bass.

[tnmtemerity]

@nikolaiski Horowitz liked a light action but, Yamaha's for instance tend to have a light action. I don't think the regulation of the action had too much to do with the sound - the voicing of the hammers would play a larger roll than the force required to press a key. I lot of what is the "Horowitz Sound" is in his timing and dynamics - the guy playing this is excellent but, I wouldn't mistake him for Horowitz.... Mohr wrote a book - he claims there is nothing special about the Horowitz piano

[bozotheda]

I actually read in a biography on Horowitz that his piano had an extraordinarily heavy action. Doesn't really sound like it here though, but hard to tell.

[leonengard]

4th movement from the 3th Chopin's Sonate.

[nikolaiski]

correct me if i'm wrong, but the REAL horowitz piano action would have been unplayable by the average pianist as it the maestro himself wanted it to be as light as possible, and later in life the hammers filed as thin as possible. correct me if i'm wrong, but that basically played a part of the Horowitz sound.

[gitprofnikat]

I did as well. It was very brittle, shallow in sound. The action was like water with no key dip at all. I was rather shocked at the way it was regulated and voiced.

[fr4545]

fantastic