F 13 — E9 Pedal Steel

F 13 has no bar or slant position on the E9 Pedal Steel with the pedals up.

F 13 stacks F – G – A – C – D – Eb, and with every pedal up and every lever at rest no bar position on the E9 Pedal Steel sounds that set: at every fret, and on every short slant, a tone it needs is missing or too few strings carry it.

A pedal steel does not stop there. With A pedal engaged, a straight bar at fret 1 spells it — one change is the fewest it takes, and the copedent page lists every position, 8 in all.