pedal stool meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

pedal stool

noun

Etymology pedal + stool

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A 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:
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:

pedal stool

noun

Etymology Mishearing owing to homeophony (compare pedestal: pĕʹdəstəl with pedal stool: pĕʹdəl.sto͞ol).

Nonstandard malapropism of pedestal.

‘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:

4 more examples

“It is unwise for auterists to put auteurs on a pedal stool above nonauteurs.”2002, Tribune, LXVI, page 45:
The author puts women on a pedal stool.2003, Richard Lederer, The Bride of Anguished English, page 129:
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: