[CAUT] Inexpensive institutional piano benches

[Jim Busby]

Rob,

A few years back I posted what we manufacture here at BYU; a steel bench. Solid. I can send plans if you wish. You could drive a car onto these benches. We make them for about $40.00 (our cost) and that includes the upholstered cushioned top. We don't do it for others though.

Eldridge Travis, RPT is now manufacturing these for sale. His email/phone is in the directory. I don't know what he will charge.

Jim Busby BYU

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Rob & Helen Goodale
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:35 PM
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Subject: [CAUT] Inexpensive institutional piano benches

The majority of the university benches have seen better days.  Most have been broken, glued, broken again, stripped screw holes repaired, broken yet again, etc, etc.  The pianos aren't much better so I'm not too excited about buying nice expensive benches for cigar boxes with rubber bands pretending to be pianos.  My hope is that most of the pianos will be replaced within the next few years along with new benches.  In the meantime I would like to look into buying some inexpensive benches to keep things going for a while.

The benches the supply companies offer, (Schaff, Pianotek, etc), seem decent but I would like to try to do better budget-wise.  I haven't seen a price list for a while but I recall seeing some inexpensive Chinese benches a while back with quality consistent with those included with the typical Chinese import pianos.  That may be sufficient for now.  Can anyone tell me who is distributing these benches domestically?  I would like to get a catalog.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV
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