The mechanism looks very much like the Italian economy adjustable bench sold by Pianotek and others (and the ones provided with Petrofs and a couple other makes). They seem to hold up reasonably well in private home type locations, assuming someone tightens the screws from time to time. Me, I was always taught to sit "forward" on the standard bench, with tail bone resting on a point maybe 6" in from the edge. Does the same thing for posture as what I imagine the ergonomic bench would do (and what the "learned article" at the web site is conveying), and I find I am very uncomfortable playing in any other position (particularly hate it when a piano is placed so that the bench can't go back far enough - runs into a wall). Years and years of habit. I have sat on a bench similar to the one illustrated (don't know if it was that make or not) maybe a couple times, and found it to "work physiologically" pretty well, though I didn't sit at one playing a piano for even as much as an hour, so don't have a real good sense of how I'd feel about it over time. I'd have to say that for myself, my assessment was that I'd prefer a regular bench, sitting on it as I have described. So, generally speaking, a guarded "why not, if the price isn't too steep?" Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico On 1/5/05 6:57 AM, "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu> wrote: > Has anyone heard anything about the bench at the following web > site: http://www.ergonomic-piano-bench.com/ > > I have a customer who is considering purchasing this bench. > > John Minor > University of Illinois > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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