Trivia question

[Newton Hunt]

JIMRPT@aol.com wrote:
> 
> List;
>  Interesting fact crossed my path today.
>  In 1917 T.E. Steinway received a U.S. Patent on a Grand Sustenuto system.
> Question (s);
> 1. Who invented the sustenuto?
> 2. In what country was the sustenuto invented?
> 3. What was different or 'special' about the inventor?
> Jim Bryant (FL)

It was invented by a blind French tuner in the 1860s.  I don't think I
ever knew his name.

	Newton