[CAUT] Artist Bench

[Porritt, David]

We looked at that one and I was about to order one, but wrote to Jansen to ask if they had something similar.  They told me of this one.  They really wanted to stay with the traditional look and they have.  The mechanics of this one is totally different from anything I've seen.
dp
David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Adkins
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:22 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Artist Bench

Pneumatics wear out eventually. I will be interesting to see how long it lasts. I got one
of the Italian benches for one of the studio teachers to try out. It remains to
be seen how easily the  pump can be serviced/or replaced in the field (or
studio...grin)...

I got the Italian bench online from a NYC shop.

http://www.bondypiano.com/bench_810.htm

It was $495 + shipping.

I felt the Italian bench to not be all that "substantial" for the price.
Look at the picture. Anyhow, it was a trial, and requested by the professor
who has some very short students, so the bench needed to be adjusted
quite often.

 If Jensen is making one that is better (for only $100 more), it would be worth the extra dollars to get one.

I've got a couple of Poschel benches that are on their way out, and
would possibly rotate some of the Jensen benches around and put the pneumatic benches
in the concert halls, if they'll hold up.

I had read that the Boesendorfer pneumatic bench didn't hold up that well pneumatically.

Maybe it is too much fun going up and down on them?

Thanks for informing us.

Richard Adkins
Coe College Music Department
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