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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okcmurals, post: 311856, member: 6327&quot;]No, no key.</p><p><br /></p><p>This desk was a crazy purchase: I drove out of state to check out an oak flat file and the desk was kind of an afterthought. I was looking for a C-shape roll top made out of tiger oak but this mahogany piece floored me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought it from the great-grandson of whoever sat at it when it was new. He &quot;hated antiques&quot; and I bought it for $300.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got the desk and matching original chair, but no drawer keys. The center knee-hole drawer has a lock on it, and one of the pigeon holes has a lock door on it. (it&#039;s still locked, and I fantasize there are bank notes or something juicy in there).</p><p><br /></p><p>The tambour also has a door-key style round tumbler lock, which is a Yates.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any of those keys, but I believe the hook latches on the back of the drawers are a kind of &quot;order of operations&quot; lock. I believe the top right drawer latches or unlatches them all via order of how far each are pushed in or something along those lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>(EDIT TO ADD: I think it&#039;s a barrel cylinder furniture type key. Are there any odds I can find a generic key to open and lock the drawers?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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