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Pavillon (Fr.) (pa-vee-yong)

The bell of a horn, clarionet, etc.

Pavillon chinois (shee-no-a). A staff of small bells. Flute à pavillon, an organstop with "bell-mouthed" pipes. Pedal, abbreviated Ped. [from Lat., pes, a foot]. (I) Any mechanism controlled by the foot; in the piano, the contrivance for raising the dampers; also that for shifting the action (una-corda). In square and upright pianos, the soft pedal, when depressed, interposes small strips of soft leather between the hammers and strings. The sostenuto pedal is a contrivance by means of which one or more sounds in the lower register of the piano may be prolonged at will. In the organ, the keyboard for the feet, the levers for opening and closing the swell (swell pedal) and for operating various groups of stops (combination pedals).