pedal stool

plural pedal stools · alternative pedal-stool

1. entertainmentA stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally.

   A pedal-stool having an opening in its rear side to clear the piano-pedals.

   1904, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, CXII:ii, page 1,878

   1 more example

   The sound-post of this instrument “extended above the ridge of heaven, while the pedal-stool was beneath hell.”

   1998, David Nicholls, The Whole World of Music, page 22

alternative pedal-stool

1. nonstandardmalapropism of pedestal.

   The author puts women on a pedal stool.

   2003, Richard Lederer, The Bride of Anguished English, page 129

   5 more examples

   ‘I looked up to him, you know. I put him on a pedal stool.’

   1993, Rory MacLean, Stalin’s Nose, page 210

   They retire and get put up on a pedal-stool by there fans.

   1996, Bill Crider, A Dangerous Thing, page 52

   “It is unwise for auterists to put auteurs on a pedal stool above nonauteurs.”

   2002, Tribune, LXVI, page 45

   Leah, holding high to her own personal beliefs took a path that would soon put her on a pedal stool upon other Christians.

   2006, Thomas E. Sliwinski, The House of Thomas, III, page 5

   “You know it’s against the rules to date the judge Juliet, our rivals will put you on a pedal stool”.

   2007, Mamet, Hush Ma, page 103