Richard S. Goodman, a former concert pianist who became a real estate developer, died of renal failure Wednesday at Northwest Hospital Center in Randallstown. He was 92.

Mr. Goodman, who was born in Baltimore and raised on Ken Oak Road in Mount Washington, graduated from the Park School in 1926.

His love of the piano began when he was a young child. He began studying at the Peabody Conservatory at age 10, from which he graduated with a diploma in piano in 1927.

Mr. Goodman, who did further work at the Juilliard School in New York and the Sorbonne in Paris, studied chamber music at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in 1935.

He was known for his solo and ensemble work during the 1930s and 1940s, and regularly gave recitals at Baltimore's Cadoa Hall, Steinway Hall and Ridgely Hall. He also appeared at concerts in the Belvedere Hotel.

In 1938, he was successful in getting two cousins who were being held in German concentration camps freed and brought to Baltimore.

Mr. Goodman was a founder of the Baltimore Chamber Music Society and the Goodman Trio in the 1940s.

He was married in 1942 to Dorothy Grosberg, a student and mezzo-soprano, whom he had met at the Peabody. She died in 1989.

Mrs. Goodman performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as well as with her husband.

Mr. Goodman taught piano in a basement studio of his Northwest Baltimore home for many years.

"I guess I was 7 or 8 when I started studying piano with him in 1957, during that period when mothers make their children take music lessons," said Dr. Jeffrey L. Quartner, a Baltimore cardiologist. "I can't recall exactly what kind of teacher he was, but I still play the piano and take lessons. So I guess he wasn't the kind of teacher who made you hate it."

"What I do remember was how hot his basement was during recitals. It's always hot during recitals, but his place, packed with parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, was really hot," Dr. Quartner added, laughing.

With an expanding family and the need to earn more money, Mr. Goodman began a second career in real estate: He went to work for Rachel Feldstein in 1950.

Malcolm Sherman, a longtime Baltimore real estate agent and friend of many years, recalled their long association, which began in 1952.

"He was a sales associate with me from 1952 until 1967," said Mr. Sherman, a Guilford resident, who described Mr. Goodman as the "best kind of associate that one could find."

"When it came to making sales, he was a tough competitor," Mr. Sherman said. "We were glad when he came and joined Sherman Realtors. He was top-notch in his field, and specialized in homes in Ashburton, Mount Washington, Forest Park, Upper Park Heights and Stevenson."

Several friends said Mr. Goodman had great foresight with regard to Baltimore neighborhoods.

"He was also very creative, and saw potential in Federal Hill and Bolton Hill way back in the 1960s. He just had a gut feeling that it would someday be a great place to live," Mr. Sherman said.

"He was one of the old-timers who had quite a reputation, and he let you know right off the bat that he knew what he was doing," said Dick Roszel, a Baltimore real estate agent. "He was thoroughly professional and got the job done."

In the early 1980s, Mr. Goodman and business partner Richard Diener purchased 55 homes in Ridgely's Delight, near today's Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which they restored and sold to homeowners.

Mr. Goodman retired in 1992.

A resident of the North Oaks retirement community in Pikesville since 1992, Mr. Goodman continued to give recitals, and played his baby grand piano every day until his death, family members said.

Services are private.

Mr. Goodman is survived by a son, James E. Goodman of Pikesville; a daughter, Elizabeth G. Parks of Setauket, N.Y.; and two grandchildren.