How big were the great pianists' hand-spans?

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9. I love R's Symphonic Dances!

I was lucky enough to see the local symphony play it a few years ago.

Interesting to hear that playing the violin seems to have helped with stretching for both violin and piano. I have a young violin player who absolutely loves it, asked to take lessons from age 3, and is completely self motivated. He's no prodigy, but he's doing well. And his stature and finger size are on the shorter end, so I wondered how that would affect him.

Thanks for the great post!