Today we took a trip to our favorite piano store, Schmitt Music, to see the concert Steinway of Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989).  The piano (CD #503) was given to him in at the time of his marriage to Wanda Toscanini, the daughter of Arturo Toscanini.  He took this piano with him on his concert tours in a custom waterproof case.

Schmitt Music is where Linda holds her piano recitals and also where we purchased our own pianos.  As a piano teacher, Linda is well known to the staff and we were quickly welcomed in to view the Steinway.  After talking a bit and taking pictures, Linda sat down to play on the very piano played by Vladimir Horowitz.  What a sound.

Following is a clip of Linda playing, however she will quickly point out she was merely testing out the sound of the piano.

http://youtu.be/REfrCGL7EtA