A pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating.
1 Defiantly, with her foot on the loud pedal , she struck-almostslapped-thekeys once more.
2 It's actually quite silent, but any fervent touches of the loud pedal render instant, torquey response.
3 Catrina's foot was upon the loud pedal again.
4 The nature of these tyres means that they need to be warmed up before really getting onto the loud pedal .
5 The girl who had played the accompaniments sat at the piano and placed a decided foot on the loud pedal .
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 .
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 .
8 We didn't do anything of that sort, McLaughlin told Fox Sports' The Loud Pedal podcast.
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