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rial" LANG="0">do you think the Tone Bell is only to be found in pianos wi=
th a Sos Ped? Did S&S rate such a piano more highly than one without?</B=
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Can't answer that one, but the early NY A's had a sostenuto and no "tone bel=
l", while the next version (1890's) had both. Do you take care of any recent=
(post 1900) A, B, C, or D without a tone bell?<BR>
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Bob Davis<BR>
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