New pedal name

[Barbara Richmond]

Hi Conrad,

The name is Leo.

When I was in high school, I would occasionally have a "group" piano lesson 
with the best piano student in town.  (She really was good.).  Our teacher 
asked us something about pedaling and she said, "I use it when I see Leo in 
the manuscript."

Leo?

The fancy script some editions used for the abbreviation of Ped did look 
sort of look like Leo.  We had a good laugh.  She ended up going to SMU--can 
you imagine the quizzical looks she would have gotten talking about Leo?

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:00 PM
Subject: New pedal name


>
> Just heard a new term for the damper pedal from student having a brain 
> phardt:
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> "Blend" pedal...
>
> ;-}
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer
>
> There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them.
> -Casey Stengel
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