This is the #2 bracket - or the MIDDLE SLOTTED bracket - for the Electro Hawaiian® Universal Lap Steel Stand. The slot allows this bracket to be adjusted to securely hold various widths of instruments snug by using side pressure at the lip of the bracket to the side of the instrument. The bottom of your instrument should NOT be resting on the bracket. Instead, the bottom of your instrument should be "floating" above the slotted part of the bracket - the corked bracket "lip" is the only part that should be touching the side of your instrument.
