Tom Warren asked:

>Any other major conductor not use a baton?

Just to dot the i to this thread: I've seen Barenboim and Schiff
conduct sans baton from their pianos.  And even when the Musica Antiqua (of
Cologne) swells to chamber orchestra size, which is not all that frequent,
its leader leads from behind his fiddle.  Frans Brueggen, of course and...

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