El domingo, 20 de octubre de 2002, 17:22:59 (UTC-4), Richard Trahan escribió:

"M. Slater" wrote:

Do you happen to know the manufacturing source and model of the Steinway
used by Arthur Rubinstein to record the Chopin nocturnes? He only
played on Steinways, and the liner notes say the nocturnes were recorded
in Italy. I have every Rubinstein recording, and the piano used for the nocturnes stands out as having a singularly exquisite tone. When I
bought my Steinway M in 1972 I looked for a piano that had that tone;
it was sheer luck that I found one on the showroom floor in Astoria,
Queens. Do you think the techs intentionally build slight differences
into identical models to enhance sales, or is it just natural variation
of parts and construction?

Hello, being an Arthur Rubinstein fan, I know for a fact that he had one piano that he chose at the Hamburg Steinway factory and that particular piano was the only piano he played publicly, this piano was shipped all over the world for his concerts. One
time this piano fell off a crane and it was badly damaged, but the Hamburg Factory restored it to new condition for him, here is a video of the day he went to the factory to test the piano after it was restored for him. Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez04D5QzEYs&t=448s

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