For a second, I thought it was a wheelchair type bench for a recovering artist. Keith On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Keith Kopp <keith_kopp at byu.edu> wrote: > If you haven't done so yet check and see if there is an upholstery shop on > campus. I know that in case our shop has at least four full time workers and > they are weeks behind with all the work they have. If not, I bet there is a > place that others from your university are using. > > Keith Kopp, RPT > BYU > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan > Crane > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:15 AM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] recovering artist benches > > I believe Jansen & Son (www.pljansen.com) repair & rebuild only the artist > benches they sell... but it wouldn't hurt to ask. > > If these are adjustable artist benches (and Jansen isn't an option): > Find a good professional upholsterer, preferably one with automotive > expertise > who works in leather as well (tuck & roll, etc). > Get it done right, people will appreciate that a great deal! > It may not be cheap but then neither are your services. > If your clients deserve the level of service and expertise you provide to > facilitate their efforts toward their art, they deserve this too. > Make it happen. :) > > -- > Regards, > > Alan B. Crane, RPT > School of Music > Wichita State University > alan.crane at wichita.edu > ============================================== > > On Thursday 14 October 2010 11:46:20 Jon Page wrote: > > Jansen recovers them and rebuilds the mechanism as needed. > > > On Thursday 14 October 2010 11:23:35 Dr. Henry Nicolaides wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > Any of you had experience recovering benches. I am at a loss for > > information regarding materials for the cover as well as foam for the > > "padding". Some of our benches still work well but have worn ripped/torn > > covers. Are "kits" even available for recovering? > > > > Henry Nicolaides > > Piano Technician, School of Music > > Southern Illinois University > > Carbondale, Illinois > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101014/e3607fdb/attachment.htm>
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