Sostinente piano

Sostinente piano 1. trade name of a *bowed keyboard instr. invented by Isaac Henry Robert Mott of Brighton, England, and patented Feb. 1, 1817, with rollers acting on silk threads that communicated vibrations to the strings; 2. term applied in modern times to a whole series of keyboard instrs., including many that were in existence before the piano was invented, sounded by a continuous bow. Since neither piano nor harpsichord action is involved, they are termed bowed keyboard instrs. in this…