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Before You Start Playing
Adjusting Sound Volume and
Brightness
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About the Adjuster
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After moving the piano, or when the pedal feels
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Volume
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unstable, use the following procedure to readjust the
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adjuster on the underside of the pedals.
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Max
Mellow
Bright
contact with the floor surface. Leaving any gap between
1. Overall volume is adjusted with the [Volume] knob.
the adjuster and the floor may result in damage to the
Turning the knob toward Max increases the volume, and
pedals when they are depressed. Particularly on floors
turning it toward Min lowers it.
covered by carpets, or other soft materials, be sure that
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Overall tone brightness is adjusted with the
the adjuster is firmly pressed against the floor surface.
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[Brilliance] slider.
Turning the knob toward Bright makes the sound more
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Headphones
brilliant, and turning it toward Mellow makes it more
restrained.
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The HP 337 feature two headphone jacks. This allows two
people to listen through headphones simultancously, making it
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Pedal
Functions
very useful for lessons and when performing piano pieces for
four hands. Additionally, this allows you to play without
having to worry about bothering others around you, even at
night.
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Soft Pedal
Damper Pedal
Sostenuto Pedal
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Soft Pedal
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This pedal is used to make the sound softer.
Playing with the soft pedal depressed produces a sound that is
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not as strong as when otherwise played with the equivalent
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strength. The degree of softness varies subtly with the amount
1. Connect the headphones to either of the headphone
jacks (Phones) on the underside of the HP 337, on
the left.
Sound will no longer be heard from the HP 337's speakers.
the pedal is pressed.
Sostenuto Pedal
With the sostenuto pedal, only the sound played at the
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Sound will be heard only through the headphones.
moment the pedal is pressed is sustained.
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Damper
Pedal
2. Adjust the headphone volume with the HP 337's
Use this pedal when you want the sound to linger.
main | Volume] slider.
While the damper pedal is depressed, the sound from the
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Use Stereo headphones.
keyboard continues to linger/remain for an extended period,
even when you remove your fingers from the keys. On acoustic
Precautions
to Take When
Using
pianos, when the damper pedal is depressed, additional strings
Headphones
are released to resonate with the sound of the keys that have
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To avoid damaging or severing the headphone cord, be
been played, adding
richness and breadth to the sound. The
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sure to handle the headphones by holding the phones
damper pedal on the HP 337 recreates this resonance
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themselves, and grasping the plug and not the cord when
(Sympathetic Resonance). The length of time that the sound
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pulling the headphone plug.
continues varies subtly with the amount the pedal is pressed.
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connected equipment is turned up may result in damage
damper pedal. For more information aud instructions, please
to the headphones. Connect the headphones only after
refer to "Changite Hie Damper Pedal's Resonance" (p. 47),
turning the volume down completely.
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* Listening at excessively high volume levels will not only
fiformation and instructions, please refer to "Changing How the
damage the headphones, but may also cause hearing loss.
Pedals Work" (p. 47).
Listen at appropriate levels.
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