Using The Pedals; About The Adjuster - Roland HP307 Owner's Manual

Before You Play

Using the Pedals

The pedals perform the following operations. You'll use
them mainly when playing piano.
Soft Pedal
Sostenuto Pedal
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 HP307 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 (p. 35).
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
and soft pedal (p. 58).
If you disconnect the pedal cord from the HP307 while
the power is turned on, the pedal effect will remain
applied. You must connect or disconnect the pedal
cord while the HP307's power is switched off.
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Damper Pedal

About the Adjuster

If you feel that the pedal is unstable (for example if you've
moved the HP307 to a different location), you can adjust the
adjuster located on the bottom of the pedals as follows.
Adjuster
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 HP307 on carpet, you must turn the
adjuster until it is pressing firmly against the floor.