Thanks for that Arthur. As a pianist I couldn't do without having a Sustain Pedal when playing piano. With my AR 80 organ I do have an 'expression pedal (ie. it makes the sound louder of softer) which is great for putting 'expression' into pieces. But there isn't room down below with having bass pedals (which you play with your feet) taking up all the space. So you couldn't have a sustain pedal down there anyway.
To solve this issue Yamaha have incorporated a 'drop-down' lever .. which you work with your knee by pushing it to one side. Can't cope with that!
I had a friend who had an AR organ and he managed to get the piano to sound just as it should do. He did play with the knee lever dropped, but didn't use it a lot as most of his 'sustain' was jut him holding the notes down.
I have found another YouTube instruction video about the Sustain Pedal on a Genos. What to do if the pedal is working the other way round to what you'd expect.
Is your sustain pedal working the wrong way? | Yamaha Genos Tip
It's not just the Genos you can do this with. On the Tyros and PSR keyboards you can change the polarity of the footswitches too.
Hugh
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