<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Thanks to all for your input. I think Alan F. (roll-up pianola) and Ron N. (vorsetzer) nailed it, and I'll admit to never encountering either of these prehistoric critters. Have never even heard of a 'vorsetzer' before, but it is certainly a noble testament to human ingenuity! And Ron, the keys don't show unusual wear, but they ARE unusually yellowed. I chalked that up to 127 years of existence, though. There is, of course, the distinct possibility that whatever 'roll-up' mechanism interlocked with this hardware was seldom used by the owners. Like so many technological wonders, maybe the 'wow' factor wore off after a few playings. Besides, where do you STORE something like that in your home, and how often would you bother to roll the thing out of its
storage place to revel in its wonders? Ya gotta wonder... <br><br>I *would* like to give a nod to Larry Fisher for the most inventive and entertaining answers/guesses. ;~)<br><br>Mark Potter<br>West Jefferson, OH <br><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Alan Forsyth <forsyth93@btinternet.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, October 19, 2011 3:53:04 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [pianotech] can anyone identify this hardware?<br></font><br>
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<div><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Those things (highlighted) are the
lock locators for one of these roll up pianolas!</font></strong></div>
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<div>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...<br><br>Mark
Potter<br></div></div></blockquote>
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