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

I'll say one thing for her, right or wrong, she never got off the loud pedal on that prediction.

From The Right Time by Berryman, John

Then, it appeared, Jerry's self-control completely deserted him, and with a hoarse and throaty noise he opened fire with the full force of his starboard broadside; he rammed down the loud pedal and let drive.

From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

Let a man with an average ear, however uncultivated, strike the C low down on a good piano-forte, keeping his foot on the loud pedal.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George

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)