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Before You Play
The pedals perform the following operations. You’ll use them
mainly when playing piano.
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Damper Pedal (right pedal)

Use this pedal to sustain the sound.
While this pedal is held down, notes will be sustained for an
extended time even if you release your fingers from the
keyboard.
The length of sustain will change subtly depending on how
deeply you press the pedal.
When you press the damper pedal of an acoustic piano, a
slight noise is heard when the damper frees the strings, and a
richly spacious resonance is added by the strings that vibrate
in sympathy with the strings of the notes you actually play. The
HP207 replicates the sound created when the damper
releases the string (“damper noise”) and the sympathetic
vibration (“damper resonance”).
You can modify the sound of the damper releasing
the string and the sound of the sympathetic vibration.
Refer to the Piano Designer function (p. 27) settings
“Damper Noise” and “Damper Resonance.”

Sostenuto Pedal (center pedal)

The notes you are pressing when this pedal is depressed will
be sustained.

Soft Pedal (left pedal)

This pedal is used to make the sound softer.
Playing with the soft pedal depressed produces a sound that is
not as strong as when otherwise played with the equivalent
strength. This is the same function as the left pedal of an
acoustic piano.
The softness of the tone can be varied subtly by the depth to
which you press the pedal.
You can switch the function of the sostenuto pedal.
Refer to “Changing How the Pedals Work (Center/
Left Pedal Func)” (p. 81).
If you disconnect the pedal cable from the HP207
while the power is turned on, the pedal effect will
remain applied. You must connect or disconnect the
pedal cable while the HP207’s power is switched
off.

About the Adjuster

If you feel that the pedal is unstable (for example if you’ve
moved the HP207 to a different location), you can adjust the
adjuster located on the bottom of the pedals as follows.
• Turn the adjuster to lower it until the adjuster is in firm
contact with the floor. The pedal may be damaged if there
is a gap between the adjuster and the floor. In particular,
when you’ve placed the HP207 on carpet, you must turn
the adjuster until it is pressing firmly against the floor.
About the Pedals
Soft Pedal
Sostenuto Pedal
Damper Pedal
NOTE
Adjuster
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