Only a dollar? Phil Romano Myrtle Beach, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 12:50 AM Subject: Sostenuto vs Indidivual sustain > With Ed's explaination below I would like to pose a guestion that has to do with > the origins of the concept of sostenuto. If I invented the pedal, I would have > said, "You hold down the pedal and it sustains only the notes you play" Why > would I want to require the player to depress the notes he wants to sustain all > at the same time, THEN hold them down for an instant and THEN depress the pedal? > Why not just have a pedal you hold down and it sustains what ever (but only) the > notes you play, for as long as the pedal is down? > Why hasn't this idea ever caught on except for player pianos? It can't be > that difficult to build, in fact it ought to be easier to make than a sostenuto > system. I would think it would cure a bunch of us amatures who use the damper > pedal too much. > Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating getting rid of the sos pedal. Come > to think of it, such a pedal might make the sos pedal even more appealing. It > could catch the notes you held down with individual sustain without requiring > the agravating "accuracy" of timing the sos pedal. And BTW I want a dollar for > every piano this is put into. Thank you. > ---ric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <A440A@AOL.COM> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 4:53 AM > Subject: Re: Sostenuto regulation > > > Keith says, > <<I fail to see how having > the damper stop rail too high would in any fashion mess up the dampers, > and/or the operation of the sostenuto system.>> > > Greetings, > If the underlevers are allowed unlimited upward travel, a strong blow can > send them over the top of the engaged sostenuto rod. This doesn't happpen > with the unsprung sos. tabs, but the later models will allow the underlever > tab to go above, and when it does, it stays up there! > Regards, > Ed Foote RPTs > >
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