<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma" = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The double hitting came from the overly = strengthened repetition springs that accomodated his light and lightening touch = which when there was any tentativeness, and he didn't make the floor of the = piano with the dip, caused the berbling. There are other unusual aspects to = the Horowitz action as well.  Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=RADKINS@coe.edu href="mailto:RADKINS@coe.edu">Richard = Adkins</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 28, = 2006 9:38 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Re: Glenn = Gould/Bach Stuff</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ed,</DIV> <DIV> Yes, I know... Horowitz's hammer blow distance was reported = to be 1.5"...but they had</DIV> <DIV>to harden the hammers to make up for lost power...not = everyone can handle a piano</DIV> <DIV>like that. Horowitz could. You will still hear double striking on = Horowitz' recordings, even</DIV> <DIV>with the shorter blow distance.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Glenn Gould wanted no aftertouch...but perhaps had to settle for = some aftertouch...still he</DIV> <DIV>got double strikes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Richard</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>