An interesting puzzle there Mark. The first image wouldn’t look normal to me until after a few beers (harmless tease intended) but what I can pull out of it is that it looks like metal and is lockable in the open position by tightening the screw that lines up with the small notch. The second image blows away the “made of metal” part of the previous sentence since it looks to be about a quarter of an inch thick and made of wood. From there I go to the odd shape of the end of it. It looks like it was fitted/shaped to accept an item of some sort. Assuming it’s a support for a fitted/mated addition (that’s missing) here’s my input on these intriguing brackets/supports/pivoted items. SWAG’s (silly wild ass guesses) A stick of wood the length of the distance betwixt the two with fabric attached draped down to keep legs warm A removable wrist rest for playing sleepy slow moving hymns (church services taught me how to sleep sitting upright, not a good idea with a steering wheel in your lap) a missing keyboard guide for self taught music lessons available by mail order in weekly installments This last one requires a story I’ve collected through the years of my piano owner’s contacts. I was called to service a piano for a lady that had just moved into a elder care facility and there were stacks and stacks of sheet music and small music books everywhere throughout the living space. She glowingly recalled the days of her youth in a logging community that is barely still on the maps nearby. Her dad would spend the week working the trees and walk back home tired and stinky to be with his family for the weekend. Her sister was taking piano lessons from a teacher paid by the local school district to come by once a week and guide the student, her sister, through the weekly lessons received through the mail. Her sister never did well with the piano but my customer taught herself how to play by listening to the teacher from another room and using her sister’s weekly lessons. This was frowned upon heavily by the school district and they were warned of punishment of some kind if it was ever discovered. Interesting how she ended up playing the piano quite well for decades to follow while her sister never did. I’m curious to hear of your progress on this one Mark. Lar >From an 1884 Vose & Sons upright. Attaches under the keybed - one at each end (see closed position photo) . Each pivots outward to extend beyond keybed (open position photo). Does anyone know what purpose these serve? I can't conjure up a decent guess... Mark Potter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111019/f51d4286/attachment.htm>
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