Contact Sauter USA, also Wendl & Lung USA and ask about the Wendl artist benches. No such problem on the ones I have. Andrew Anderson On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Paul Milesi, RPT wrote: > 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, I’m not happy because the bench top wobbles on the > frame. I didn’t 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 doesn’t? 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 “Poeschl.” I thought they were supposed to be > pretty good benches? > > Actually, I’ve sat on a couple of the petite artist benches (may or > may not have been Schaff product), and they didn’t wobble at all. > So I’m a little confused. Don’t have one to study, but wondering if > they’re 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? I’m 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/20100205/0c4f4f1a/attachment.htm>
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