11

Before You Begin Playing

About the Pedals
The pedals have the following functions, and are used mainly for
piano performance.
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Damper pedal (right pedal)

While this pedal is pressed, notes will be sustained even after you take
your fingers off the keys. The depth to which you press the pedal will
subtly affect the duration of the sustain.
On an acoustic piano, holding down the damper pedal will allow the
remaining strings to resonate in sympathy with the sounds that you
played from the keyboard, adding a rich resonance.
The HPi-7 simulates this sympathetic resonance.
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You can adjust the amount of sympathetic resonance that occurs
when you press the damper pedal. Refer to “Adjusting the depth of
the effects (Effect)” (p. 55).

Sostenuto pedal (center pedal)

This pedal sustains only the sounds of the keys that were already
played when you pressed the pedal.

Soft pedal (left pedal)

When you hold down this pedal and play the keyboard, the sound
will have a softer tone.
The softness of the tone can be varied subtly by the depth to which
you press the pedal.
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The Sostenuto pedal and Soft pedal can be given functions other
than these. Refer to “Notation Screen” (p. 15) and “Changing the
function of the pedals (Pedal)” (p. 56).

About the adjuster

When you move the HPi-7 or if you feel that the pedals are unstable,
adjust the adjuster located below the pedals as follows.
• Rotate the adjustor to lower it so that it is in firm contact with the
floor. If there is a gap between the pedals and the floor, the pedals
may be damaged. In particular when placing the instrument on
carpet, adjust this so that the pedals firmly contact the floor.
fig.adjust
Disabling Functions Other Than Piano Performance
(Panel Lock)
The “Panel Lock” function locks the HPi-7 in a state where only piano
performance can be used, and all buttons will be disabled. This
prevents the settings from being inadvertently modified even if
children press the buttons accidentally.
* In the Panel Lock state, only the grand piano sound can be
played. Also, nothing will be displayed in the screen.
1
Turn the volume to the minimum, and press the [Power
On] switch to turn off the power.
2
Hold down the [Function] button, and press the [Power
On] switch to turn on the power.
Continue holding down the button for six or seven seconds.
Adjust the volume. When you play the keyboard, the grand piano
sound will be heard.
To defeat the Panel Lock function, turn the volume down to the
minimum, and turn on the power once again.
Cancelling Auto Demo
The HPi-7 is set at the factory so that it automatically starts playback
of the demo songs whenever the keys and controls have been left
untouched for a few minutes.
You can cancel this setting.
1
Press the [Function] button.
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2
Press the [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] buttons to select “Auto
Demo,” then press [ (Enter)] button.
3
Press the [ ] [ ] buttons to select “Auto Start,” then
press the [+] [-] buttons to set this to “Off”.
4
Press the [ (Close)] button to return the Notation screen
to the display.
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For more details about Auto Demo, refer to p. 57.

Soft Pedal

Sostenuto Pedal

Damper Pedal

Adjuster
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