Don Rose said: >"Call it a shift pedal." Why don't we refer to it by its proper name-- una corda. Early pianos only had two strings per unison. The pedal in question caused the action to move so that the hammer would only strike one, hence, una(one) corda(string). The sound *would* be reduced in volumn but also there is a change in the tember from the unstruck string vibrating in sympathy. Paul Dempsey Marshall University wippen@aol.com
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