Some old uprights had a lock lever to lock the muffler or "mandolin" (also known as "rinky-tink") pedal (middle pedal) "on."<br>--David Nereson, RPT <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Mark Potter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net">bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><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>
<font color="#888888"><br>Mark Potter<br></font></div>
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