Piano bench height

[Thos. D. Carpenter]

Hi Clyde,
    When I have posed this question to the piano teachers I am acquainted
with they always reply that, with the exception of individual preference,
the elbows should be high enough in relation to the wrists ......that the
grade running along the forearm toward the wrist be downward.
    I haven`t put a lot of thought into this.....but you can imagine all of
the variables that could be involved with this, e.g.- length of torso,
length of upper arm ...
later,
Tom Carpenter

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 5:53 PM
Subject: Piano bench height


>Friends,
>
>How does one decide the proper height of the piano bench?  At my own
>ordinary piano there is about 5" between the bench top and the bottom
>front edge of the piano, but I've found between 2" and 8" on pianos I
>service.
>
>Since piano teachers rarely see the pianos their students practice on, I
>guess it's up to us to keep an eye out for things of this nature.
>
>Clyde Hollinger, RPT
>Lititz, PA