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The pedal piano (or pedalier piano) [12] is a kind of piano that includes a pedalboard [13] There are two types of pedal piano: A pedal board integrated with a manual piano instrument, using the same strings and mechanism as the manual keyboard; An independent, pedal played piano with its own mechanics and strings, placed below a regular piano
An upright pedal piano. Along with the development of the pedals on the piano came the phenomenon of the pedal piano, a piano with a pedalboard. Some of the early pedal pianos date back to 1815. [10] The pedal piano developed partially for organists to be able to practice pedal keyboard parts away from the pipe organ. In some instances, the ...
A keyboard to be played by the hands is called a manual (from the Latin manus, "hand"); an organ with four keyboards is said to have four manuals. Most organs also have a pedalboard, a large keyboard to be played by the feet. [Note that the keyboards are never actually referred to as "keyboards", but as "manuals" and "pedalboard", as the case ...
In recent years, performance of works for the pedal piano on that instrument, as opposed to on organ, has increased. Recent performers on the pedal piano include the American organist and pianist Dana Robinson, [15] [16] Jean Dubé, Olivier Latry, the American organist Peter Sykes, the German organist Martin Schmeding, the Slovenian organist and harpsichordist Dalibor Miklavčič, the American ...
A few of the bass pedals designed to be used with electronic or clonewheel organs have features that operate the upper manual keyboards, such as an expression pedal or swell pedal, which is a treadle-style potentiometer for controlling the volume; buttons to turn on or change the speed of a Leslie speaker, a rotating horn speaker in a cabinet; or program change buttons, which send a MIDI ...
The console of the organ in Salem Minster in Salem, Germany (Wilhelm Schwarz, 1901). [1] The expression pedal is clearly visible directly above the pedalboard. An expression pedal is an important control found on many musical instruments including organs, electronic keyboards, and pedal steel guitar.
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