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

There he laced rhythmic triplet figures through the track, held down the sustain pedal and added a general bitterness to the melody.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2010

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

At the beginning, Beethoven directs the performer to hold down the sustain pedal through the whole first movement, so the strings are never damped.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2010