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Adjective: sostenuto  `sós-tu'n(y)oo-tow
  1. Sustained; - applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protracted
    "When the sostenuto pedal is depressed, the bar rotates slight"

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