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

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

From The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players by Kobbé, Gustav

We let go the loud pedal of the second piano and pressing on the keys c e g of that instrument vigorously strike the harmony c e g on the first piano.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

Well, anyways, after she had got "Soft and Low" going strong with the loud pedal and no expression, I opened the first envelope.

From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox

Defiantly, with her foot on the loud pedal, she struck—almost slapped—the keys once more.

From The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)