![]() ![]() Only those dampers will be held while the others will continue to mute after the key is released, allowing only the held notes to sustain). One plays a chord, then press the sostenuto pedal down. Only a select few very expensive ones with tricky mechanisms have a sostenuto pedal to make the piano piece work as written (Note: the sostenuto or middle pedal on most grands 5'5" or larger. ![]() A sustained chord for two measures cannot be done properly on an upright piano because it has no sustenuto pedal to begin with for that time period. If one looks at The Paragon Rag music sheet one could see on how it could only be properly played on a grand piano with a sostenuto pedal. But in Saint Louis he may have actually had a grand piano, and might have at least had access to one for composing and performance purposes in New York City. ![]() Berlin's two books on ragtime, a carefully researched, well-documented musicological and historical examinations on ragtime history, I learned that Scott Joplin had an upright he played on in New York City. Reading suggested works such as Dr Edward A. ![]() Over the years I learned much about the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin, and the kind of piano he may have played on either the upright or grand piano. ![]()
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