Pianists need to be taken less seriously

[gr8ape]

I see people on the forums mentionning rumours and heresays about famous pianists especially considering technique...
For example I heard some stupid rumour that horowitz got buried with a copy of hanon, and I also read that rachmaninov knew hanon inside and out in all keys.
These two were known pranksters, and these kind of things sound exactly like what a troll would say. Especially the rach thing about Hanon, I can totally imagine him answering questions about technique and formation being like "Yes, we learn Hanon by heart in all keys!! lololol"

[stoat_king]

These rumours are definitely the work of trolls.
Its common knowledge that the great Horowitz was a big fan of Hanon, the singing Mermaid Princess from 'Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch'.

Anyone that suggests otherwise is merely boasting about their ignorance.

[visitor]

and everyone knows that Rachmaninoff was actually  part of a soul hunting team. Sergei was a soul reaper  first, and used the piano/composing part of things as an effective alias/cover up.

[gr8ape]

and lang lang is a robot from the future

[8_octaves]

Chopin plays a role, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whs-fcr1VEw