Trivia

[Dave Bunch]

Because its a bad/dumb thing on a grand too? OK, maybe that's going a bit
far, but what percentage of your grand owning clientele do you suppose could
give you an accurate description of the function of that middle pedal?

My guess is that in a competitive market where manufacturers are looking to
keep costs down,  installing a feature of such marginal benefit would not be
something that the vertical playing public would want to pay for. Those
artists/performers who would be most likely to utilize the sostenuto are
going to be playing grands anyway.

Dave Bunch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: Trivia


> I have not serviced a sostenuto on an upright, and being that I don't
play,
> I don't have any experience from the pianist standpoint. So my question:
Why
> is a sostenuto on an upright a bad/dumb thing?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas A. Sheehan" <tsheehan@nyc.rr.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Trivia
>
>
> > Full sostenuto pedals in vertical pianos!
> >
> > Yamaha U3 / U5 - Steinway 1098 and K uprights
> >
> >
> >
>