“In searching for tone-quality — after pedaling, the second of the most difficult factors in playing — it is helpful to think of the instruments of the orchestra. Some people say, “A piano is only a piano”. But I do not feel it so. I think forte, and think “orchestra”. I think of many instruments when I play. I do not mean that one should try to imitate, for the timbre of the piano is not the timbre of the violin nor the bassoon nor the flute. But if one thinks of the quality or the sonority of the various instruments, one is helped to play more beautifully.”
(Vladimir Horowitz, The Etude, 1932)
a bit superficial
lyk moz ‘pretty tone’ peniztz ?
Haha, well that thought worked for him obviously, me thinkz it was his Golden Period (1920z/1930z)
Ahahahah da moz beautiful HO tone wuz da rape tone
N diz tone iz unique to da 88
Interesting though dat da Homofo cuntsidahd pedaling da mozt difficult 88 sheeyat to do well.
HAHAHAHA da ALT-FEET tech!!
I want to c diz mofo apply diz tech to runnin
“You must have veal”
“please buy the record, because we are poor and need the money.”
Truu, da 20’s and 30’s beautiful smooth Ho tone.
Truuuuu da pedaling also affect touch. Dese sheeyats are nevah separate
Fuckkkkkkkkkk
“NOT BEEEEEEEEEEG ENOUGH!!!”
Hahah what was that in reference to?
He was trying out a piano, beating the shit out of something, and then he turned to Jack Pfeiffer and uttered that immortal phrase, and the look on Pfeiffer’s face was priceless.