“Rubinstein was a marvelous pianist, but entirely different than Horowitz. Rubinstein needed a piano where he would feel some resistance in the action, and which had a much warmer or broader sound, or a deeper, darker sound. A Horowitz piano is much more focused; the sound is much more brilliant.”

Franz Mohr, A Conversation with Bruce Duffie http://www.bruceduffie.com/mohr.html (1992)
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