Sostenuto vs Indidivual sustain

[David Ilvedson]

Yea, yea...you'll probably make as much $ as you did on the "drip-o-later".  Personally, I think you have too much time on your hands...

David I.

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On 2/9/01 at 12:32 PM Richard Moody wrote:

>>What do you do with the Rachmaninof Prelude in C# minor?
>
>I never thought of using sostenuto there but giving it a try I don't like
>it
>because I can't move my hands fast enough on the upper chords.  They sound
>choppy.   If I use both pedals then I suppose it can sound interesting. 
>But I
>am not a pianist and barely know just the opening measures.   How does Rac
>do it
>on recordings or how is it done on the rolls?
>    With the "Moody Individual Sustain Sytem" ®™  ; )  you could press the
>sos
>at anytime, which would pick up what ever the ummm the MISS pedal is
>holding
>then release the IS pedal and still have only those notes sustaining but
>now the
>other notes you are playing won't sustain.   I can imagine both pedals
>used in
>conjunction.  I can hardly wait to try it on a waltz.    ---ric
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David M. Porritt <dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:52 AM
>Subject: Re: Sostenuto vs Indidivual sustain
>
>
>Ric:
>
>What do you do with the Rachmaninof Prelude in C# minor? (The only piece I
>ever
>played that needed the sostenuto).  After you play the low C# octaves,
>then hold
>the pedal, you DON'T want the other notes you play to continue as long as
>the
>C#s.  The whole point is to have notes that sustain, and other notes that
>don't.
>
>dave
>
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>On 2/7/01 at 11:50 PM Richard Moody wrote:
>
>>    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
>>