Me and my work-study students installed "stretchers" near the bottom of the legs on our benches and we've never had to replace a bench since. I got the idea from a replacement bench we purchased from one of the piano supply houses and, after looking at it, decided we could do the same thing. I used an exotic, dense wood for the narrow strips and, since the benches were black, covering screw holes and painting them were not a problem. The first year I was here we replaced 3 benches and I repaired a couple of others. After adding the stretchers I've not touched a bench. That was 7 years ago. Saved the Department several thousand dollars! Joy! Elwood Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 Fax: 731/881-7415 From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:43 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop Yes! And they're not perfect ;>) Actually, I'm wondering why, in 3.5 years I never had much problem with bench repairs, and then wham! Benches are breaking right and left! Some broken by students, some by professors. Hmmmm... Paul From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> To: "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org> Date: 10/28/2009 08:36 AM Subject: [CAUT] pin drop ________________________________ Hmmm, CAUT is real quiet the last few days. Is everyone busy out checking their becket placement? Paul E. Dempsey, RPT Piano Technician Sr. Marshall University Huntington, WV 304-696-5418 304-617-1149 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091028/51a16e99/attachment.htm>
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