Hi Roger, Only the damper pedal is truly indispensable, but the una corda and sostenuto do have musical value. Joseph Hoffman, one of the most renowned of pianists from the past used to have the sostenuto pedal removed because he was afraid of treading on it by accident. Years ago most Steinway uprights were sold with two pedals. The third pedal was optional and was a sostenuto. A wretched design though. Regards, Ted ________________________________ From: Roger Jolly <roger.j at sasktel.net> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 1:29:27 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] On the value of muffler rails Hi Ted, Now here is a thought. Lets make vertical pianos with only one pedal. The touch goes south once the Una corda is depressed, and is of questionable value. We need to be like the car makers, one pedal standard, 3 pedals becomes an option, with LTD on the fall board. :-) Regards Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110210/790cf8a0/attachment.htm>
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