Different placements of the 
mark in bars 38-39 may result from not entirely precise notation of handwritten base texts of first editions. The pedalling notation in Chopin's works is sometimes ambiguous – cf. the remark concerning bars 26-27. In the main text we consider one of the source versions and we propose a pedal depressed together with the appearance of the bass note of the E
major chord as an alternative version. It will enable achieving a clear sound of the passage also on contemporary pianos.
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notation: Pedalling