It's often called (seriously!) the "chaperone pedal", just because of that function (when it's not hooked up to anything but a return spring). --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com www.facebook.com/shusterpiano On Dec 27, 2010, at 11:43 PM, Larry Fisher RPT wrote: > Father Aldo and I were strolling down the sidewalk together > returning to the church when he asked me, “What DOES the middle > pedal do anyway?” and to that I readily replied, “It keeps the other > two pedals from arguing with each other.”. I had a serious look on > my face for as long as I could keep it there and then said my usual > schpeil about middle pedals, all of which you cats have covered > nicely. He used my remark in the next Sunday’s service somehow. > I’m not a church goer, and THAT church is 100 miles away. My phone > lit up on Monday. I hadn’t heard from some of those people for such > a long time and it was good to get reacquainted. So the middle > pedal promotes social behavior. What’s there to fix?? Sheesh!! > > Lar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101228/b47fb09f/attachment.htm>
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