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Yamaha FC4A Assignable Piano Sustain Foot Pedal,MultiColored

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Pros

The fc4a is my favorite yamaha sustain pedal. For those reviews that complain of the switch pedal sustaining when up and not sustaining when down, this pedal is nothing more than a switch.

Cons

The title says assignable but there is nothing assignable about it. Tried powering piano on/off, changing the order of powering piano and plugging in pedal, plugging and unplugging. Not happy, wouldn't recommend it.

When you depress the pedal it has no effect for 3/4 of pedal travel. The pedal itself works fine, but the actual mechanics of pressing and releasing the pedal make a lot of noise.

The pedal works backwards. Some pedals have a reverse polarity switch - this pedal does not. This pedal is incompatible with most casio keyboards.

Panasonic's "gorilla glue" doesn't work on polyurethane or similar types of synthetics. When pushing the rubber knobs into the holes, the skid pads just fall back off. The designer needs to make the knobs fatter and shaped like a cylindrical triangle.... Read More

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Quality

Very sturdy foot pedal, well made, does not slide, works great.

This pedal seems very well built, and works great.

Then, i simply plugged it back in, powered up, and voila- the pedal went back to its default and proper setting- pressing the p... Read More

Same quality of sustain as the sustain pedal on a standard piano.

Price

It is very affordable, works like a charm, and is recommended by me.

Packaging/appearance

Just open the box and find the right input on the back of the keyboard and plug it in and it's ready to go.

Competitiveness

There are much more expensive versions, but i'm not sure what they offer.

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This product had a total of 2,605 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 14 2025.