benches

[Alan Crane]

Newton Hunt's Mar. 5, 2001 post to the CAUT list follows:

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I still say the students should have a wooden box to sit upon.
15x17x19" or any other three dimensions you choose.  Cheap, "adjustable", 
replaceable, nearly indestructible and if "uglified" properly will never 
walk away.

I got this idea from some boxes with one open side that they dance students 
were using as dance props.  I sat upon one and realized that it was strong 
and if all sides were closed it would make a simple, cheap and adjustable 
piano b(ox)ench.

3/8" plywood with 3/4" cleats, glued and nailed and painted bright primary 
colors with some holes drilled in stragic places for easy rotating.

Newton


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At 03:23 PM 10/29/03 -0500, Christopher Purdy wrote:
>Dave,
>
>Newton Hunt had an original approach to this.  He made boxes out of 
>plywood that functioned well but were too ugly to steal.  He made them so 
>that the length, width, and height were of unequal proportions.  Depending 
>on which end you set them on, they would be a different height for the 
>various sized pianists.
>
>Root around in the archives and see if you can find his directions. I 
>haven't tried it... yet.  Students here don't steal benches as much as 
>just break them.  I never wanted to use a chain.  Some klutz would trip 
>and die on it.
>
>chris