page_title: Pedal piano
hierarchical_section_title: Pedal piano
caption_attribution_description: An upright piano with pedal board. The pedals are connected by string to the lower octaves of the piano keyboard, so the bass notes can be played with the feet, like on an organ.
context_page_description: The pedal piano is a kind of piano that includes a pedalboard, enabling bass register notes to be played with the feet, as is standard on the organ.
  There are two broad types of pedal pianos: either the pedal board may be an integral part of the instrument, using the same strings and mechanism as the manual keyboard, or it may consist of two independent pianos which are placed one above the other, either a regular piano played by the hands and a bass-register piano played by the feet, or two standard pianos of which the lower one is played from a pedalboard which acts on its keyboard through a special mechanism.
context_section_description: The pedal piano (or piano-pédalier or pédalier,) is a kind of piano that includes a pedalboard, enabling bass register notes to be played with the feet, as is standard on the organ.
  There are two broad types of pedal pianos: either the pedal board may be an integral part of the instrument, using the same strings and mechanism as the manual keyboard (e.g. the 19th century Érard pedal grand piano and Pleyel upright pedal piano), or it may consist of two independent pianos (each with its separate mechanics and strings) which are placed one above the other, either a regular piano played by the hands and a bass-register piano played by the feet (e.g. the 18th century pedal piano owned by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the 21st century Doppio Borgato made by Luigi Borgato), or two standard pianos of which the lower one is played from a pedalboard which acts on its (manual) keyboard through a special mechanism (e.g. the 21st century Pinchi Pedalpiano System).
caption: An upright pedal piano
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