sustain pedal

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Novacek’s playing was like a more subtle translation of Josefowicz’s, leaning on the piano’s percussive core, using the sustain pedal for attention-calling washes of resonance and, in the Kurtág, landing some seriously concussive accents.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2019

Then they put screws and playing cards between strings, put duct tape over the dampers, put bricks on the sustain pedal, and other sorts of odd customizations.

From The Verge • Nov. 8, 2019

But Aretha deployed the sustain pedal much more actively than Ray did, who used it with rather startling infrequency.

From Slate • Aug. 16, 2018

He kept the sustain pedal down a fair amount, and sometimes let his bass-clef locomotive figures press on without development.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

To help create that vibration, Mr. Ponthus affixed a two-by-four to the second piano’s sustain pedal, allowing him to depress it from his seat at the first piano.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2010