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Meanings of loud pedal in English

A pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating.

Usage of loud pedal in English
1
Defiantly, with her foot on the loud pedal, she struck-almostslapped-thekeys once more.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
2
It's actually quite silent, but any fervent touches of the loud pedal render instant, torquey response.
The South African
3
Catrina's foot was upon the loud pedal again.
The Sowers
4
The nature of these tyres means that they need to be warmed up before really getting onto the loud pedal.
The South African
5
The girl who had played the accompaniments sat at the piano and placed a decided foot on the loud pedal.
Of Human Bondage
6
The launch out of turns is catapultic as ever, but the driver need not point the snout arrow-straight before applying the loud pedal.
BBC
7
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.
Peter Ibbetson
8
We didn't do anything of that sort, McLaughlin told Fox Sports' The Loud Pedal podcast.
News.com.au
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