Pneumatics wear out eventually. I will be interesting to see how long it lasts. I got one of the Italian benches for one of the studio teachers to try out. It remains to be seen how easily the pump can be serviced/or replaced in the field (or studio...grin)... I got the Italian bench online from a NYC shop. http://www.bondypiano.com/bench_810.htm It was $495 + shipping. I felt the Italian bench to not be all that "substantial" for the price. Look at the picture. Anyhow, it was a trial, and requested by the professor who has some very short students, so the bench needed to be adjusted quite often. If Jensen is making one that is better (for only $100 more), it would be worth the extra dollars to get one. I've got a couple of Poschel benches that are on their way out, and would possibly rotate some of the Jensen benches around and put the pneumatic benches in the concert halls, if they'll hold up. I had read that the Boesendorfer pneumatic bench didn't hold up that well pneumatically. Maybe it is too much fun going up and down on them? Thanks for informing us. Richard Adkins Coe College Music Department -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091013/65279c6d/attachment.htm>
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