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
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