[pianotech] player stools

[Duaine Hechler]

However, most modern player benches are made even simpler. A flip up
"riser" board mounted with a hinge inside of the back of the bench.

Something like this:
__                      __
|   \__________/     |
|_______________|
--------hinge ---------

Duaine

Bruce Dornfeld wrote:
>
> I haven’t seen anyone mention pickles, so I will.  Most of the old
> player benches that I have seen have pickles in the bench.  The pickle
> is an oblong piece of wood shaped like a, you guessed it, a pickle.  A
> bench uses one on each side, or two in total.  They are installed on
> the inside with a screw.  When inside the bench, the bench lies flat. 
> When you swing them onto the back side, they elevate the back side of
> the bench top, creating the angle you want to pump away.  I know I
> have seen pickles in some parts catalog, but that may have been some
> other decade.  I cannot see why anyone would want a bench that is
> permanently on that angle.  When someone wants to just sit down and
> play with their own fingers, they would need a different bench.  I do
> not see a market for such a bench.
>
>  
>
> Bruce Dornfeld, RPT
>
> bdornfeld at earthlink.net <mailto:bdornfeld at earthlink.net>
>
> North Shore Chapter
>
>  
>


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