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.
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