cass ... Right, whatever, ... but I am willing to bet that the piano parts on the SMF were created using a sustain pedal when appropriate ... ...

Diki, I admit to never having taken 'formal' piano lessons, but I would think piano teachers would not want young students to 'overuse' the sustain pedal so they don't teach it from the beginning, but don't they teach the proper use of it at sometime?

t.