A Quote by Billy Taylor

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

Billy Taylor

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Billy Taylor
American - Musician
July 24, 1921 - December 28, 2010

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

James Levine

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

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

I grew up in a family of piano players. Both my sisters were serious players, and they both, as they became more accomplished, aspired to buy a Steinway and asked my dad to buy a Steinway.

John Paulson

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

Alfred Brendel

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

Harry Connick, Jr.

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

Krystian Zimerman

You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?

Malcolm Gladwell

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

Yefim Bronfman

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

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

Van Cliburn

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

Daniel Barenboim

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

Billy Joel

We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It's actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid.