[CAUT] Artist bench

[Dave Davis]

Greg & Ron,

That sounds like the bench she described. The crank(s) sounds like a good option. My son (turns 8 today) has a new Jansen artist bench I can experiment with. 

Thanks,
Dave Davis, RPT
(heading for the birthday party with 18 screaming kids at Chuck E. Cheese's...now, where are those earplugs...)

----- Original Message ----
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:02:18 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Artist bench


>  From what I can guess, the teacher in question is referring to a type 
> of bench of which we have a couple examples left here, but are no longer 
> available that I’m aware of.  They have a hard, flat, seat that is 
> permanently tilted forward to encourage a straight spine when you sit, a 
> vestigial looking little back rest, and adjust up or down by squeezing a 
> pair of sprung brackets together that expand into notches when released 
> along a vertical bar in the center of the back.  

Is that forward pitch intentional, or just the result of 
putting weight on a poorly engineered cantilever?


>They are ugly, 

Supremely, as well as bloody uncomfortable and impossible for 
me to sit on to tune. As much as I hate tuning in a folding 
chair, I greatly prefer them to these "benches". Just say no.

How about just fitting cranks to the existing bench instead of 
hand knobs to speed up the adjustment process? One on each 
side, 180° apart, and and it's like pedaling a trike by hand.

Ron N
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