Pedal device for electronic percussion instrument

A pedal device for an electronic percussion instrument, the pedal device comprising:

• a base placed on a floor surface;
• a foot board pivotably supported at one end portion thereof with respect to the base and configured to pivot in a pivotable range between a lower limit position in a depression direction and an upper limit position in a direction opposite to the depression direction;
• and
• an elastically holding mechanism configured to elastically support the foot board in an equilibrium state at an initial position within the pivotable range in a non-operated state in which the foot board is not operated,
• a cover member extending upwardly from one end portion of the base and having a ceiling portion;
• a stopper formed of a buffer member disposed on an underside of the ceiling portion;
• a limit plate extending from an opposite end portion of the foot board that is opposite from the one end portion where the foot board is pivotably supported and extending downwardly from the foot board and includes an abutting surface configured to abut the stopper,
• wherein the limit plate, including the abutting surface, does not contact the stopper at a standstill state of the foot board where the foot board is not operated, and
• wherein the opposite end portion of the foot board is disposed above the ceiling portion while the abutting surface is disposed below the ceiling portion when the abutting surface abuts the stopper.