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Soft pedal   /sɑft pˈɛdəl/   Listen
Soft pedal

noun
1.
A pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound.





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"Soft pedal" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself in his words, he began to talk hurriedly of an important order. Sidonie had disappeared after exchanging a few unmeaning words with the impassive Frantz. Madame Dobson continued her tremolos on the soft pedal, like those which accompany ...
— Fromont and Risler, Complete • Alphonse Daudet
... money so lavishly when he needs all the ready cash he can lay his hands on. But don't mention this to any one, Minnie. If it got out it might precipitate matters, and then the whole business would tumble down like a house of cards. As it is, I may be able to pull him out. But I've put the soft pedal on the ...
— The Golf Course Mystery • Chester K. Steele
... his letter first. I censored the tender parts, spun out the padding and served it up like cold-hash. Then I set to work on 'Erbert. I got the tremolo stop out and the soft pedal on and made a symphony of it. I made it a stream of trickling melody—blue skies, yellow sunshine and scent of roses, with Georgette perched like a sugar goddess on a silver cloud and 'Erbert trying to clamber up to her on a silk ladder. To read it would have ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 28, 1919. • Various
... right, but he found a wreck that melted him. His wife sent me a bunch of violets next morning. For my part I don't like the Faculty for intimate friends," and Pellams played "Comrades" with the soft pedal down. ...
— Stanford Stories - Tales of a Young University • Charles K. Field


Words linked to "Soft pedal" :   pedal, pianoforte, foot lever, forte-piano, piano, treadle, foot pedal


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