A drop clutch allows a pair of hats mounted on a conventional hi-hat stand to be closed without use of the pedal.

Another technique used by Field and continued by Chopin was the more extensive use of the pedal.

Also remarkable about Pagodes is the extensive use of the sostenuto pedal, the middle pedal on a modern piano.

These three possibilities are doubled to six by the use or non-use of the pedal (Toop 2005, 21).

Any problems should be minor, since Mr. Orkis, who also plays period instruments, makes limited use of the pedal.

I explained to Woferl the use of the pedal.

Hammett's playing style is noted for his extensive use of the wah-wah pedal in his solos.

Only with the Romantics did a fairly constant use of the pedal come to be regarded as an essential element of piano sound.

Coloring was bright and warm, and careful use of the pedal gave varying glows to the quartet's finale.

The work also makes extensive use of the una corda pedal, with Beethoven giving for his time unusually detailed instructions when to use it.