<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Greg & Ron,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">That sounds like the bench she described. The crank(s) sounds like a good option. My son (turns 8 today) has a new Jansen artist bench I can experiment with. </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis, RPT</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(heading for the birthday party with 18 screaming kids at Chuck E. Cheese's...now, where are those earplugs...)<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net><BR>To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:02:18 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Artist bench<BR><BR> <DIV>>  From what I can guess, the teacher in question is referring to a type <BR>> of bench of which we have a couple examples left here, but are no longer <BR>> available that I’m aware of.  They have a hard, flat, seat that is <BR>> permanently tilted forward to encourage a straight spine when you sit, a <BR>> vestigial looking little back rest, and adjust up or down by squeezing a <BR>> pair of sprung brackets together that expand into notches when released <BR>> along a vertical bar in the center of the back.  <BR><BR>Is that forward pitch intentional, or just the result of <BR>putting weight on a poorly engineered cantilever?<BR><BR><BR>>They are ugly, <BR><BR>Supremely, as well as bloody uncomfortable and impossible for <BR>me to sit on to tune. As much as I hate tuning in a folding <BR>chair, I greatly prefer them to these "benches". Just say no.<BR><BR>How about just fitting cranks to the existing bench instead of <BR>hand knobs to speed up the adjustment process? One on each <BR>side, 180° apart, and and it's like pedaling a trike by hand.<BR><BR>Ron N</DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV></div></body></html>