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pedals

In certain musical instruments, mechanical devices which require manipulation by the feet. Pedals may actually produce notes, as in the organ; they may be a means of obtaining certain effects of tone, as in the sustaining and soft piano pedals; or they may be used to alter the length, and thus the tuning, of strings, as in the harp.



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He found the pedals and tried them, ran his yellow hands up and down the keys a few times, tinkling off scales, then turned to the company.
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He did not wait for more, but ran, with hands on the handles of his bicycle, until he was able to vault astride the saddle, catch the pedals, and start a spurt.
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His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals.
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