Chris: I remember Newton's describing these. I'll run this idea past the ones that are going to have to pay for whatever we wind up with. I suspect this one might meet some resistance. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: "Christopher D. Purdy" <purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu> To: <dm.porritt@verizon.net>, College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:23:22 -0500 Subject: Re: benches >Dave, >Newton Hunt had an original approach to this. He made boxes out of >plywood that functioned well but were too ugly to steal. He made >them so that the length, width, and height were of unequal >proportions. Depending on which end you set them on, they would be a >different height for the various sized pianists. >Root around in the archives and see if you can find his directions. >I haven't tried it... yet. Students here don't steal benches as much >as just break them. I never wanted to use a chain. Some klutz would >trip and die on it. >chris >>Esteemed colleagues: >> >> >> >>I'm sure our problem with benches disappearing is not unique to our >>school. Many years ago Danny Boone, who was at Baylor at that time, >>attached a bench to each piano with a small length of chain. It >>seemed to work for a while, but I don't have any recent history on >>this. Unfortunately also, Danny is no longer with us. Does anybody >>have any experience with chaining benches to piano? or does anyone >>have any other ideas on keeping the benches in practice rooms and >>classrooms? >> >> >> >>dave >> >> >>__________________________________________ >> >>David M. Porritt, RPT >> >>Meadows School of the Arts >> >>Southern Methodist University >> >>Dallas, TX 75275 >> >> >> >> >> >-- >Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. >School of Music, Ohio University >Athens, Ohio 45701 >(740) 593-1656 >fax (740) 593-1429 >purdy@ohiou.edu
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