Dampening and Pedaling

Question for Michael Pinto: On "Manalgamation" do you keep the pedal down for the entire piece ?

Does know of anyone using their left foot for pedaling ?

I just started the dampening and pedal book, and while practicing dampening the bars, first playing the note with the right hand, and then dampening with the left hand, I get a stramge bounce/buzz. Anyone else have any issues like this when starting out. Should I get heavier mallets? I'm using the standard mallets that came with my Musser M55, the old Gary Burton model.

thanks,

Dan

Really nice posts by Joe Veltri on the Dave Friedman Etudes!