sustain pedal

Almost immediately Shipp is holding the sustain pedal and blanketing the keyboard in a minor mode, and Bisio alternating between a low pedal and tension cords of notes on the higher strings.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

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

And they both like to keep the sustain pedal down a lot, more than many of their kind.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011

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