Thank you for your response Max. I think you hit the answer here: > I'm convinced that his use of the pedal here is completely >subconscious, at least I cannot see any kind of pattern, and I'm sure that >the pedaling in take 3 was all different from take 2. In some of the >variations he uses no pedal at all, as you can see by his posture (right >foot far away from pedal). Anne