Work Bench

[David Lawson]

Terry, how can you be in the piano business with such a tidy bench as that? I think there should be a law against your type, as you are just doing it to make us plebs look bad!!! Great bench mate, but hate to tune it standing on my head!
Cheers, David Lawson Wangaratta Australia
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farrell 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:42 PM
  Subject: Re: Work Bench


  Glad you asked! My answer half-way meets your preference of not building one, as half of it is pre-built. Take a Betsy Ross spinet (now a bench frame), bolt on little 2x6 extensions on the keybed supports (remove keybed) and the bottom leg supports. Roll the piano forward so that the back is facing upwards. Attach a suitable flat surface to the piano back for your bench-top. I chose to use planks of hard maple and oak with an epoxy coating. The bench-top could be a simple as a hunk of plywood.

  This is a super-stable, super-massive, super-heavy-duty table one can build for about $20 and literally complete in just a couple hours.

  And besides, it is the only musical table on the market - the Betsy Ross never sounded so musical - each tool banged on the back strikes it own cord!

  Only drawback - do I need to tune it once per year?

  Terry Farrell





    ----- Original Message ----- 
    any of you have suggestions for a good work bench?  I know build one.  I would like to not have to do that how ever.  I want a bench just for action work and bench reg.  I plan to build a bench for other jobs, but I would like to perches something stable for regulation.  Thanks.  
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