[CAUT] uprights with sostenuto

[Fred Sturm]

Thanks, all! Seems like there are plenty of options out there, should  
there be more faculty demand to meet. I guess it is a matter of an  
individual model or two for a number of manufacturers.
Fred
On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Roger Jolly wrote:

>
> Hi Fred,
>             Knabe model WKV131. It,s nice piano. No bias of coarse.
> Regards Roger
>
> At 02:30 PM 10/8/2010, you wrote:
>> Anyone know who is still making uprights with sostenuto? Does  
>> Steinway
>> still do it? (not listed on their website, or I didn't find it). The
>> only manufacturer I know of for sure is Sauter, but maybe it is an
>> option you have to special order for others.
>>        The question arises as a comp prof was wanting one, so I  
>> gave him our
>> Mason 50 upright, the only upright we have with sost. Once upon a  
>> time
>> lots of manufacturers did it, including even Wurlitzer. Yamaha did,
>> but I heard that had ended.
>> Regards,
>> Fred Sturm
>> fssturm at unm.edu
>> "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played."
>> Schnabel
>>