Have you Seen this Before (Weird Pallet)

[RunClimbPlay]

I knew that heading would make you look.

I was refurbishing my Giulietti keyboard. This is the only pallet that has a cutaway. Have you seen this before? Any idea why it's there?

 

[debra]

Pallets with a cutout are quite common, even in new accordions being built today. They are mostly used for a few of the lowest notes, on the row of pallets that do not open far (the row of pallets closest to where the registers are). The cutout gives the air more room to enter and leave the accordion, so the note can sound a bit better and louder. Sometimes a thinner layer of felt is used, with a double layer of leather with the cutout.

 

[RunClimbPlay]

That makes sense. It's one of the bottom black keys, so close to the hinge. Just one though...odd.