Wooden item – what is it

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

This appeared in the Shed – somehow evaded being made into firewood but in danger unless I can rescue it.
About 9 inches long and one of the curved faces is covered in, I think, leather. The black line down the middle is a fine slit all the way through – dead straight and thin so rather nicely done.

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

Beer Barrel separator for stacking. Sorry Im doing this down the pub.

[PlasmaParticipant @plasma]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Too delicate to be for such a heavy duty use.</p>
My guess is that it is a part of a fitted scientific instrument case, leather to provide cushioning. The peg inserts into the case to support part of the delicate mechanism.

Only a guess mind.

[PlasmaParticipant @plasma]

Google says it is part of a Farrand organ, specifically the pedal mechanism.

I should have said musical instrument not scientific lol.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Thanks Plasma. There are a couple of organ stops knocking around so might have come in with them.

[PlasmaParticipant @plasma]

Don’t know the exact function of it within an organ but it’s obviously very well made.

 

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Mmm …. I tried the ‘Google Lens’ image search [presumably duplicating Plasma’s work] and found things visually similar: but nothing identical.

Lots of interesting information about Reed/Pump Organs out there, but I’ve not seen a single image that is convincingly of the same thing that Bazyle has in his posesssion.

MichaelG.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Reminds me of a brake.   From Bazyle’s about 9″ dimension, the drum would be about 15″ diameter.

If a brake, then it’s gentle.  The pad is leather, the lever short, and the wooden block slotted and shaped to provide spring rather than apply brute force.   Maybe from a machine used to spool delicates like cotton thread, where sharp braking would snap the thread.

Dave

 

 

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