[pianotech] workbench

[Farrell]

I agree with Ron N - doesn't appear very substantial.

The route I went, if you find value in recycling, was to put new life into a most-hated spinet. Start by removing the front panels, action and keybed. Then add keybed arm extensions, bottom-of-case short extensions and a cross piece (I used cheap 2x4s and 2x6s for all these), and roll the piano forward so that the piano back is up. You say you have a table-top already - well, just glue/screw/whatever your top to the back of the piano - and walla! - you have yourself a near-zero cost VERY heavy duty, VERY solid table. If you like, put a shelf on the bottom like I did - it also has a short shelf up higher (see next picture) made from the knee board. AND it's very musical (more musical than when it had keys, no doubt) - every tool slammed on the table has it's own unique sound signature (gets the strings going). 

Great conversation piece for shop visitors.....

I love this bench - my long-time favorite.

Terry Farrell







  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barbara Richmond 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:03 PM
  Subject: [pianotech] workbench


  Greetings:

  My current shop set up isn't working very well for me.  I tried to duplicate the set up I had years at IWU--it worked well there, but not here.  Among other changes, I am considering either this work bench (but substituting the bench top I have) or purchasing legs, stretcher, & shelf separately to use with my bench top.  Does anyone know if the quality offered by this company is OK?  I couldn't find any reviews of the merchandise, but maybe I didn't look in the right places.

  http://www.globalindustrial.com/gcs/prod/30036934/i/productInfo.web?utm_source=nextag&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=IndustrialWorkBe-nextag

  Thanks,

  Barbara Richmond, RPT
  near Peoria, Illinois
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090225/949e96bc/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 51675 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090225/949e96bc/attachment-0002.jpe>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 53735 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090225/949e96bc/attachment-0003.jpe>