Yesterday I received an artist bench, Schaff No. 4990, page 24, that I ordered to check out. I ordered it because the price was about 1/2 that of a Jansen bench, we are under some severe budget constraints, and ideally we need 4 artist benches at a minimum. Unfortunately, I¹m not happy because the bench top wobbles on the frame. I didn¹t expect this in a new bench, even a less expensive one. Am I expecting too much? Do they all wobble from side-to-side? Do I really have to pay $650 to get one that doesn¹t? Why does that central threaded rod have to have so much play where it meets washers, etc., on each side? BTW, on the outside of the box someone had written ³Poeschl.² I thought they were supposed to be pretty good benches? Actually, I¹ve sat on a couple of the petite artist benches (may or may not have been Schaff product), and they didn¹t wobble at all. So I¹m a little confused. Don¹t have one to study, but wondering if they¹re the same mechanism? Actually, the ones I used might have been Yamaha...their mechanism seemed to be very tight...are they the same as Schaff petites? Any suggestions or guidance will be much appreciated. Should I send this bench back? I¹m under some time constraints! -- Paul Milesi, RPT Staff Piano Technician Howard University Department of Music Washington, DC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100205/0fb4353e/attachment.htm>
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