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does anyone know how tall richter was #3219271 05/25/22 08:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 478 pablobear OP Full Member
OP pablobear Full Member Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 478	The title should be enough information, I'm curious. He seems quite tall. Listing heights of other pianists would be cool too. My gods are: Cortot, Horowitz, and Sofronitsky, Started piano during COVID, hopefully I can play Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein, and Scriabin compositions one day...

Re: does anyone know how tall richter was pablobear #3219277 05/25/22 08:41 PM
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probably blue 500 Post Club Member Joined: Mar 2022 Posts: 714 Arizona	Haha, height doesn’t matter! It’s the hand size! Just kidding 🤪

Re: does anyone know how tall richter was pablobear #3219302 05/26/22 12:22 AM
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Mark_C Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 24,600 New York	Y'know the expression, "google is your friend".... So, simple matter -- let's see...... A site called Wikilogy seems to have the answer. Here's a copy/paste: Height: None So I guess there's our answer!

Re: does anyone know how tall richter was probably blue #3219303 05/26/22 12:24 AM
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Mark_C Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 24,600 New York	BTW, the first time I went to see Horowitz, I had no idea about his size, or in fact anything about what he looked like. I remember how surprised I was at what a little guy he was.

Re: does anyone know how tall richter was probably blue #3219362 05/26/22 08:29 AM
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SouthernZephyr PW Gold Subscriber Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member S Joined: May 2015 Posts: 12,370 At the back of the North Wind	Originally Posted by probably blue Haha, height doesn’t matter! It’s the hand size! Just kidding 🤪 FWIW Richter could reach a 12th…. Supposedly with beefy hands

Re: does anyone know how tall richter was SouthernZephyr #3219391 05/26/22 10:57 AM
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probably blue 500 Post Club Member Joined: Mar 2022 Posts: 714 Arizona	Originally Posted by dogperson Originally Posted by probably blue Haha, height doesn’t matter! It’s the hand size! Just kidding 🤪 FWIW Richter could reach a 12th…. Supposedly with beefy hands Really?? 😳 Last edited by probably blue; 05/26/22 10:57 AM.

Re: does anyone know how tall richter was probably blue #3219396 05/26/22 11:20 AM
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SouthernZephyr PW Gold Subscriber Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member S Joined: May 2015 Posts: 12,370 At the back of the North Wind	Originally Posted by probably blue Originally Posted by dogperson Originally Posted by probably blue Haha, height doesn’t matter! It’s the hand size! Just kidding 🤪 FWIW Richter could reach a 12th…. Supposedly with beefy hands Really?? 😳 Look it up