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 > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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