Steinway Quotes

• When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

  Bob Hope

  Music, Play, Names

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• My friendship with the Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life.

  Krystian Zimerman

  Beautiful, Piano, Important

  "Steinways" by George Wright, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2003.

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• With a tone so rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best!

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Dark, Tone, Rich

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• I wish to thank Steinway for its wonderful pianos which I've been privileged to play in all my concerts. There is no piano like it in the world.

  Evgeny Kissin

  Play, Piano, Wish

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• Steinway is the only piano on which the pianist can do everything he wants. And everything he dreams.

  Vladimir Ashkenazy

  Dream, Piano, Want

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• When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

  Emanuel Ax

  Play, Sound, Instruments

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• I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.

  Billy Joel

  Piano, Long, Consistency

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• The Steinway piano - with its beauty and power - is the perfect medium for expressing the performer's art, drama and poetry.

  Van Cliburn

  Art, Drama, Piano

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• Strive always to improve the instrument.

  Henry E. Steinway

  Strive, Steinway Piano, Instruments

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• I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.

  Michel Legrand

  Home, Piano, Want

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• I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too.

  Randy Newman

  Piano, Rays

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• I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend.

  Ahmad Jamal

  Piano, Choices, Three

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• The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic.

  Yefim Bronfman

  Beautiful, Piano, Musical

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• It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos.

  Diana Krall

  Piano, Honor, Privilege

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• The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.

  James Levine

  Piano, Today, Finest

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• I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.

  Alfred Brendel

  Mean, Piano, Want

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• Steinway is the finest piano ever made. Its tone is magnificent and its well-balanced action superb.

  Billy Taylor

  Piano, Tone, Action

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• I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

  Marian McPartland

  Yamaha, Wells

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• Steinway grand pianos are the best in the world.

  Maurizio Pollini

  Piano, World

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• The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

  Daniel Barenboim

  Piano, Feelings, Musical

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