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His technical pe!ection was legendary. It was said that his large
hands were able to span a twel"h (an octave and a half or, for
example, a stretch from middle C to high G). The size of his
hands may have been a manifestation of Ma!an's syndrome,
their size and slenderness typical of arachnodactyly.
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The diagnosis of a#: Rachmaninov's hand span - PMC - NCBI

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