Getting punched by a pianist..

[instromp]

Random thing i was thinking about

Since a pianist uses arms and hands to play piano.And by playing for years would build up arm and hand strength(correct me if im wrong), would a punch be the same as getting hit from a champion boxer.

Like say getting punched from Rachmaninoff,Richter,Cziffra, or even Lang Lang ..haha


Remember this is for fun and humor, dont take it seriously.

[zheer]

 Hahaha, possibly.

[jayanat]

Well, for me I never try to hit the piano. I never try to use my muscle to play the piano. The first thing that I care about when I play the piano is letting go my biceps and triceps and using wrist and gravity to play the piano. Relaxing is the first thing that I care about when playing the piano. This is very complicated, you have to spend a lot of time practicing to be relaxed and you also need a good teacher to tell you what to do.

[jre58591]

hahahaha, ive fantasized gettting punched by many of my favorite pianists. when i went to go see hamelin, i thougth about getting him angry while i met him jsut so he could punch me. it woulda been awesome! i think i kinda got close to a point where he would punch me when we started a conversation about sorabji. never have i seen a more stern look.

cziffra, or so ive heard, used to be a professional boxer. he woudla been the pianist to not mess with. perhaps his boxing career came from his enormous hand and arm strength.

[instromp]

hahahaha, ive fantasized gettting punched by many of my favorite pianists. when i went to go see hamelin, i thougth about getting him angry while i met him jsut so he could punch me. it woulda been awesome! i think i kinda got close to a point where he would punch me when we started a conversation about sorabji. never have i seen a more stern look.

cziffra, or so ive heard, used to be a professional boxer. he woudla been the pianist to not mess with. perhaps his boxing career came from his enormous hand and arm strength.

Hahahaaha,Wow, you deliberately tried to get him angered so he could put your lights out,hahaha...I never heard of Cziffra being a prof. Boxer , even if it is true ,haha.Maybe he could actually put someone out with those hands of his.

[jre58591]

Hahahaaha,Wow, you deliberately tried to get him angered so he could put your lights out,hahaha...I never heard of Cziffra being a prof. Boxer , even if it is true ,haha.Maybe he could actually put someone out with those hands of his.

well, i didnt deliberately try to get him angered, but i did fantasize about it. i would be willing to get my lights punched out by such a respectable figure. it would make for quite a story and would definitely be worth it.

[instromp]

well, i didnt deliberately try to get him angered, but i did fantasize about it. i would be willing to get my lights punched out by such a respectable figure. it would make for quite a story and would definitely be worth it.

ahahahaha yes it would. You would have the famous trademark Hamelin blackeye.

[gorbee natcase]

I am a joiner and hold a hammer in my hand all day, How would you like a thump from me

[instromp]

I am a joiner and hold a hammer in my hand all day, How would you like a thump from me

From you or the hammer .......................

[prometheus]

The pianist could break her or his hand or fingers.

[steveie986]

Rachmaninov was a huge dude, 6'6, I believe. His hands were so magnificently beastly they made a cast of it. It's frightening, much like Rasputin's penis, which is still kept in a jar in a museum somewhere. Not fun to be punched by him (the former).

Lang Lang would make a great boxer. Check this out:

[brewtality]

it depends on whether the pianist is Alicia de Laroccha or Garrick Ohlsson.

[stevie]

Rachmaninov was a huge dude, 6'6, I believe. His hands were so magnificently beastly they made a cast of it. It's frightening, much like Rasputin's penis, which is still kept in a jar in a museum somewhere. Not fun to be punched by him (the former).

rach wasnt anymore than 6'4, and rasputin's dong is as sexually appetizing now as it was back then.

[brewtality]

I'd estimate him at more like 6-3 at the most based on photos I've seen. Apparently his friend Chaliapin was a real giant.

[invictious]

Rasputin's Penis..!??!??!?!!

Yea, i was thinking about rach and his big body

[deja vu]

hahahaha, i've fantasized getting punched by many of my favorite pianists.

...nawty

[stevie]

...nawty

fancy biatch slapping me? *halo*

[arensky]

The jazz pianist Red Garland, best known for his work with the mid 1950's Miles Davis Quintet, was also a professional boxer before he started punching the keys full time. I was told about or read about another jazz pianist/boxer recently, can't remember who it was though.

[monsieurrenard]

Punched?

Maybe if your target was laying falt on a table perpendicular to you. 

-Monsieur le Renard.

[instromp]

Rachmaninov was a huge dude, 6'6, I believe. His hands were so magnificently beastly they made a cast of it. It's frightening, much like Rasputin's penis, which is still kept in a jar in a museum somewhere. Not fun to be punched by him (the former).

Lang Lang would make a great boxer. Check this out:

Yeah Rach was a big guy,wouldn't want to catch one from him,ouchies ,haha....Eww never heard of Rasputin or his penis :ohaha

[thracozaag]

Despite this conscious distancing from Horowitz’s art, on one occasion Kapell almost got into a fistfight with a critic over a negative review of a Horowitz recital:

     "In 1953, after a Saturday night performance by Willy of the Brahms D minor Concerto, with Franco Autori conducting the New York Philharmonic, our friend, Eugene Istomin, asked us to go with him to a party hostessed by Emily Genauer, the film critic.  With a repeat Philharmonic performance the next day in the offing Willy was reluctant, but we finally talked him into going for a short time.  We entered a large apartment overlooking Central Park and shortly thereafter Willy, hearing a piano in the living room, left us.  Suddenly I saw him coming back into the dining room where Istomin and I were standing.  He headed quickly toward us, his face white and drawn, with Jay Harrison, the music critic, in close and hot pursuit.
It was immediately apparent that something had gone wrong and that they were about to come to blows. I asked Eugene to hold Willy because I was afraid that if he hit Harrison, he might kill him and also injure his hands.  I placed myself in front of Willy and someone restrained Harrison.  Let me add that Willy had a reputation for being a scrapper and had fantastic strength in his back, arms and hands.  Anyway, we got on our coats and as we stood in the hall Autori kept saying to Willy, “Let me go back and take care of him.”  I was trembling but Willy was very quiet and told Autori to forget it. 
Afterwards I was told that Willy had gone into the living room where Harrison was playing the piano.  Having just read an unfavorable Harrison review of a recent Horowitz recital, Willy confronted him with: “Who the hell do you think you are?  You are nothing more than a fourth-rate wind player who got thrown out of Juilliard.  How dare you write such a criticism about an artist of Horowitz’s stature?”
I imagine those comments did not sit well with Harrison."

koji

[ahinton]

Despite this conscious distancing from Horowitz’s art, on one occasion Kapell almost got into a fistfight with a critic over a negative review of a Horowitz recital:

     "In 1953, after a Saturday night performance by Willy of the Brahms D minor Concerto, with Franco Autori conducting the New York Philharmonic, our friend, Eugene Istomin, asked us to go with him to a party hostessed by Emily Genauer, the film critic.  With a repeat Philharmonic performance the next day in the offing Willy was reluctant, but we finally talked him into going for a short time.  We entered a large apartment overlooking Central Park and shortly thereafter Willy, hearing a piano in the living room, left us.  Suddenly I saw him coming back into the dining room where Istomin and I were standing.  He headed quickly toward us, his face white and drawn, with Jay Harrison, the music critic, in close and hot pursuit.
It was immediately apparent that something had gone wrong and that they were about to come to blows. I asked Eugene to hold Willy because I was afraid that if he hit Harrison, he might kill him and also injure his hands.  I placed myself in front of Willy and someone restrained Harrison.  Let me add that Willy had a reputation for being a scrapper and had fantastic strength in his back, arms and hands.  Anyway, we got on our coats and as we stood in the hall Autori kept saying to Willy, “Let me go back and take care of him.”  I was trembling but Willy was very quiet and told Autori to forget it. 
Afterwards I was told that Willy had gone into the living room where Harrison was playing the piano.  Having just read an unfavorable Harrison review of a recent Horowitz recital, Willy confronted him with: “Who the hell do you think you are?  You are nothing more than a fourth-rate wind player who got thrown out of Juilliard.  How dare you write such a criticism about an artist of Horowitz’s stature?”
I imagine those comments did not sit well with Harrison."

koji

Thanks for sharing this anecdote. I forget now who it was that said that no one ever put up a statue to a critic, but this story makes me wonder if anyone ever put down a critic with a statue; there's a first time for everything, one may suppose...

Best,

Alistair

[brewtality]

Kapell seems like a pregnant cat. But I wonder whether he would have reacted the same if it had been Virgil Thomson who had written the review, iirc he wasn't too fond of Horowitz.

[thracozaag]

Kapell seems like a pregnant cat. But I wonder whether he would have reacted the same if it had been Virgil Thomson who had written the review, iirc he wasn't too fond of Horowitz.

  Good point; he and Thomson were pretty good friends.

koji

[steve jones]

Rachmaninov was a huge dude, 6'6, I believe. His hands were so magnificently beastly they made a cast of it. It's frightening, much like Rasputin's penis, which is still kept in a jar in a museum somewhere. Not fun to be punched by him (the former).

Lang Lang would make a great boxer. Check this out:

My god, you have to respect that Dragon punch technique... flawless!

But then again, Im no stranger to a SNES pad myself, so look out LL, I have your number boy 

SJ