loud pedal
Example Sentences
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He enjoys playing the piano with the loud pedal pushed down, singing bass in his cups, playing the fiddle Saturday nights in a parlor orchestra.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Or a typewriter, with the loud pedal down and all the stops out?" pursued the facetious Philip.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
Catrina's foot was upon the loud pedal again.
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
The girl who had played the accompaniments sat at the piano and placed a decided foot on the loud pedal.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
The sweet voice was still rising and the interested listener hoped that the accompanist would force the tone to cover it a little, and put on the loud pedal.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold
