Damper

A Dictionary of Musical Terms · 1895 · p. 4

1. (Ger. Dam’pfer; Fr. dtouffoir; It. sord i’no.) A mechanical ‘a vice for checking the vibration of a pfte.-string (see Pianoforte)..,Damterpedal, the right or loud pedal of the pfte—2. The mude of a bra instr., €. g. a horn,