Ragtime Piano Pedal Mod

The Beatles used a piano called the Mrs. Mills piano that had that tinny sound. I’ve had this small upright piano for a while and I’ve always wanted to add a pedal to give it that similar ragtime/honky tonk/tack piano sound. In the biz, it’s called a “mandolin rail“ and it’s a pretty simple modification that gives a really unique sound to the instrument. If you haven’t heard of the Mrs. Mills piano, it’s named after Gladys Mills who was an English musician who favored that piano for her sing-along recordings at Abbey Road Studios. The Beatles used this piano to great effect in a few of their songs (“Lady Madonna“, “Penny Lane“ and “Rocky Raccoon“ to name a few). The “Mrs. Mills“ sound is due to lacquered hammers, which is a pretty permanent (and destructive) way to achieve a similar result, this pedal modification allows you to get the honky tonk sound on the fly. This is really just a prototype, I’d like to make the entire m