Paul: I got some Chinese made benches less than 10 years ago from a “Bench World” company. They were cheap in the worst sense of the word. Don’t be tempted! There are some Italian benches (I have one at home) that are nice and not too expensive, but cheap is frequently not economical. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:48 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Artist Benches 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100205/bb3fb8f0/attachment-0001.htm>
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