Robert: Play Rechmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor without a sostenuto. Yes, I think the audience would be able to tell. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/11/02 at 10:22 PM Robert Goodale wrote: >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) >> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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