<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=US-ASCII> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Bob,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I had the opportunity to tune the Horowitz piano about eleven years = ago in Des Moines. With the memory of his Rachmaninoff 3rd recording fresh in my = mind, I expected to hear an overly bright piano with perhaps shallow keydip or = other modifications to help this 80ish pianist runs those incredibly rapid = passages. Instead, like you, I found it to be a decent but not an extroadinary D. </= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Charles Faulk</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Wed, 7 May 2003 00:33:15 EDT <A href="mailto:BobDavis88@aol.com">BobDavis88@aol.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Ed Foote writes:<BR>>When Steinway "restored" the= "Horowitz piano",  they simply threw away all<BR>>the  = hammers and whippens and installed a new action. ...  It gave absolutely no= indication of what it was like when Horowitz was using it!<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:= #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT= ><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2= FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bill Ballard replies</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2= FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:= #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">A shameful bait and switch.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Yeah, I = drove 50 miles to see it, only to find a nice enough, ordinary model D. I pulled = off the keyslip in the desperate hope that they had the original action on a = shelf somewhere, but no, it was the original frame with new parts. What a loss.= Not because it was wonderful, but perhaps because it was not. It would have = been instructive to compare the extraordinary music Horowitz was able to make = on an instrument which was significantly outside the norm, mechanically - to = connect the influence of the machine with the music.<BR><BR>Sigh.<BR>Bob D<BR></FONT></FONT> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>