It is hard to evaluate which placement of the 
sign corresponds to the composer's intention. All three source versions can reflect the authentic notation, while the significant difference between FE and GC suggests that in the two lost manuscripts Chopin could have written the sign in two different places (the sign in GC is transcribed by the copyist). In the main text we suggest a variant solution, including the clearly varied versions of FE and GC (→GE). The bar is an example of a situation in which the pedal can be released in different places obtaining an equally good result and, moreover, the release of pedal can be performed gradually, which cannot be written with the help of the signs used by Chopin. Cf. the Etude in D
major, No. 8, bars 19-20.
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notation: Pedalling