A pedalboard (also called a pedal keyboard, pedal clavier, or bass pedalboard) is a musical keyboard that is played with the feet, and which is usually used to produce low-pitched basslines. Pedalboards are found at the base of most pipe organ consoles beginning in the 1200s and 1300s to the present, and at the base of many 1950s and 1960s electronic and Hammond organs. Standalone pedalboards such as the 1970s-era Moog Taurusbass pedals are occasionally used in progressive rock and fusion music. In rare cases, pedalboards are provided beneath a harpsichord or piano.
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