sustaining pedal

noun

1. music a foot-operated lever on a piano, usually the right one of two, that keeps the dampers raised from the strings when keys are released, allowing them to continue to vibrate Compare soft-pedal

Example Sentences

Don't use the sustaining pedal too frequently, not even as frequently as indicated on the rolls.

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Have you ever tried singing a note into this instrument when the sustaining pedal is depressed?

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Remember too that the term "loud pedal" as applied to the sustaining pedal, as it properly is called, is incorrect.

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When the sustaining pedal squeaks, look first to the pedal, then to the wooden rods leading up to the damper rod.

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To carry out his designs the third or sustaining pedal became necessary.

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