[pianotech] Artist Benches

[Paul T Williams]

Good topic!  I need to buy some adjustable benches too!  Even the cheap 
ones are like $250 a pop and I need to replace at least 5 of them.  Were 
these Jansen's? I'm surprised that they wobble. That's the first complaint 
I get from students and faculty. Who makes good ones for an affordable 
price?
Paul




From:
"Paul Milesi, RPT" <paul at pmpiano.com>
To:
PTG Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date:
02/05/2010 01:16 PM
Subject:
[pianotech] Artist Benches



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


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