That dadgumed short SD-10

[Greg Granoff]

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Man, you guys must live in a different world!  I have exactly the =
opposite problem here.  We had a piano instructor here a couple years =
ago who was so long-waisted that he could never find a keyboard that was =
high enough or a bench low enough.  He made us put one of the recital =
D's up on blocks (the instrument is already on a truck) for a =
performance so he would be comfortable.  He was a great player and a =
decent instructor, but insisted that many students sat too high and that =
their tone improved when they sat much lower.  He has since taken a job =
at a sister campus in Chico, but his legacy is a bunch of students, =
including a staff accompanist, who crowd every practice room and make =
every studio an obstacle course of extra non-piano chairs swiped from =
other areas of the building so they can sit nice and low.  If an artist =
bench doesn't adjust down to 16 and 1/2 or 17 inches they cast it aside. =
 I can't wait for this fad to disappear-- it's making me crazy.

Greg

Greg Granoff   RPT
Humboldt State University

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  From: David M. Porritt=20
  To: caut@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 2:39 PM
  Subject: RE: That dadgumed short SD-10


  I've got about 4 artist benches with the longer legs that will bring =
them up to 21" high.  They're in high demand and get "borrowed" to all =
kinds of places.

  dave
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  On 5/7/2003 at 2:17 PM Alan McCoy wrote:
    Recently I've worked with a number of pianists who complained of =
keyboards too high relative to bench height. Since then I have been =
measuring all the concert instruments here and around town. Top of keys =
to floor for Steinways always hovers around 29 inches, while Baldwins =
are around 28 inches. These pianos are mostly on trucks, but not all =
are. Bench heights (maxed out) are 19" which is still too low for quite =
a few pianists here and some visiting artists also.=20

    Alan McCoy

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