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‖ sostenente
Also sostinente.
[It., pres. pple. of sostenere sustain v.]
A device or contrivance attached to a pianoforte for the purpose of producing sustained notes like an organ. Also attrib.
1840Penny Cycl. XVIII. 142/2 Mr. Mott's sostinente was an application of a cylinder and silk loops to an upright piano-forte. The..tones came forth somewhat like the tones of the seraphine. 1881Morning Post 2 June, Messrs. Brinsmead have patented..the sostenente sounding board, capable of sustaining sound for 60 seconds. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 76/1 note, Mott..attracted much attention by a piano with sostenente effect..in 1817. Ibid., But a sostenente piano..is no longer a true piano. |