[CAUT] Artist bench

[Jeff Tanner]

Sounds like the Jansen Piano Practice Chair.  The adjustable version  
was discontinued some time back.
Jeff

On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Dave Davis wrote:

> 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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