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
We will employ the first for exciting the notes, while we will allow the second to respond; after having first pressed upon the loud pedal, so as to render all the strings capable of motion.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
"Oh, yes, sir," I responded, using the loud pedal to prove my assertion.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
There was a piano in that room and I went to it, put my foot on the loud pedal and began to play.
From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy
The sweet voice was still rising, and she longed that the accompanist would force the tone to cover it a little, and put the loud pedal on.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cyrus Cuneo
