an old broadwood

[Rob Goodale]

> I gave a chapter technical on the sostenuto pedal a few years back and in
my
> research came up with the fact that Claude Montal invented the sostenuto
> pedal in 1864 in Paris, which was then improved upon and patented by
> Steinway in this country in 1875.

...who then in turn came up with the lame idea of putting it on the action
instead of in the piano.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV