<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: [CAUT] Forum format (was Re:Requirementsforcontributing/posting; RPT status</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> </head> <body> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"> <div>Who developed the first sostenuto system?</div> <div> </div> <div>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/></div> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <fandrich@pianobuilders.com> </fandrich@pianobuilders.com><br/>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> </caut@ptg.org><br/>Received: 7/18/2008 11:26:15 AM<br/>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Forum format (was Re:Requirementsforcontributing/posting; RPT status<br/><br/> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="828312218-18072008"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">I have never seen a sostenuto rod mounted on the action from any other manufacturer. There is probably good reason --</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span class="828312218-18072008"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080"> </font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr"><span class="828312218-18072008"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">ddf</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span class="828312218-18072008"> </span><span class="828312218-18072008"><font size="2">Delwin D Fandrich<br/>Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant<br/>620 South Tower Avenue<br/>Centralia, Washington 98531  USA<br/>Phone  360.736-7563<br/><<a href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</a>> </font></span></div></font> </div><br/> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #000080 2px solid; margin-right: 0px"> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"> <hr tabindex="-1"/><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Magness<br/><b>Sent:</b> July 18, 2008 10:10 AM<br/><b>To:</b> College and University Technicians<br/><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAUT] Forum format (was Re: Requirementsforcontributing/posting; RPT status<br/></font><br/> </div> <div> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br/><br/> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br/></div> <div class="Ih2E3d" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: #ccc 1px solid"><br/><br/><span class="828312218-18072008"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">. . . . </font></span>The list membership sees a lot more different brands of piano than I do, so tell me, does any other manufacturer mount the brackets on the action? Have they ever? Good ideas that have been around a long time tend to be emulated in some form by others, as do perhaps less sterling ideas implemented in prestigious brands.<br/>Ron N<br/></div> </div> </blockquote> <div dir="ltr"><span class="828312218-18072008"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080"> </font></span> </div> </div> </div></font> </div> </body> </html>