Sustain Pedal - Other Instruments

Other Instruments

• Electronic keyboards often include a sustain pedal, a simple foot-operated switch which controls the electronic or digital synthesis so as to produce a sustain effect.
• Vibraphones have sustain pedals that allow the metal bars to ring.
• Some tubular bells have a sustain pedal.
• The Cimbalom has a sustain (or damper) pedal which allows its strings to ring or abruptly mutes them.