<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff>From what I can tell in the photo, the piano vintage is early 1900's, yes? If so, my guess is that these are clamps to position and secure an early "roll up" player mechanism. These were separate units, with pedals for pumping, that had "fingers" that came out over the keys and played the notes.<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "alan forsyth" <ALAN@FORSYTHALAN.WANADOO.CO.UK><BR>To: Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 01/23/2007 10:56:48 AM<BR>Subject: curious contraption<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>I came across this yesterday and have no idea what it is meant to do. Does anyone know?  They are brackets that swivel out from under both ends of the keybed and protrude just beyond the keyslip in front of the legs. There are stop screws to limit the travel.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:contraption.jpg@39105.516697581.808" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:contraption 2.jpg@39105.516697581.176" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>