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soft-pedal

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soft-pedal
a foot-operated lever on a piano, the left one of two, that either moves the whole action closer to the strings so that the hammers strike with less force or causes fewer of the strings to sound


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As for the second movement, it made one hanker after the sort of introspective soft-pedal sound Daniel Barenboim has been using in the piano sonatas this fortnight.
Belcea Quartet by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
How can we have the resolve to label the situation in Darfur for what it is -- genocide -- and then soft-pedal the first genocide of the 20th century?
EDITORIAL CONFRONTING HISTORY CONGRESS SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
But this production soft-pedals the politics, concentrating on a shallow tour of the demimonde.
The Threepenny Opera by Shewey Don / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
 
 
 
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