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Topic: Upright with sostenuto?  (Read 2125 times)

Offline Petter

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Upright with sostenuto?
on: June 30, 2009, 02:31:50 PM
Someone mentioned them in another thread, is there anyone who knows what the models are called?
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Offline ahinton

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Re: Upright with sostenuto?
Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 04:41:59 PM
Petrof P135K1
Yamaha U5 (I think)
Kawai K8
Mason & Hamlin 50 (not sure about this).

There may be others but there aren't many, that's for sure.

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Offline richard black

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Re: Upright with sostenuto?
Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 06:38:16 PM
It's available on Steingraeber uprights, possibly also Feurich.
Instrumentalists are all wannabe singers. Discuss.
 

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