Another possible solution- challenge every hard lined fundamentalist music teacher in the world to prove that an audience could actually tell the difference if the sostenuto was being used, and if so did they actually care. (My flame suit is on so you can't burn me- na nee na nee boo boo!) Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV Joseph Garrett wrote: <snip> >My short term solution was to explain to the son the situation with their >piano. (It used to have a muffler strip for the middle pedal.) Yes, I could >retro-fit a sostenuto onto this piano, but it would be costly. I also >advised the son to find a school/church grand piano, with sostenuto >mechanism, to practice on. Don't know what else to do. >So, there's the problem. Anyone have any further thoughts on the subject? >Regards, >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) >
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