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(a) originally = sostenuto pedal n. at sostenuto, adj. n.additions; (b) (now also) the right pedal of the piano, which when depressed raises the…
a pedal attached to some old pianofortes, etc., having an arrangement of drums and cymbals connected with it, by which a sound as of martial music…