<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sounds like the Jansen Piano Practice Chair. The adjustable version was discontinued some time back.<DIV>Jeff</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Dave Davis wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; ">Greg & Ron,</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; ">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.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; ">Thanks,</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; ">Dave Davis, RPT</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; ">(heading for the birthday party with 18 screaming kids at Chuck E. Cheese's...now, where are those earplugs...)</SPAN><BR style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">----- Original Message ----</SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">From: Ron Nossaman <<A href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</A>></SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">To: College and University Technicians <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>></SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:02:18 AM</SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">Subject: Re: [CAUT] Artist bench</SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><DIV style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> From what I can guess, the teacher in question is referring to a type </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> of bench of which we have a couple examples left here, but are no longer </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> available that I’m aware of. They have a hard, flat, seat that is </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> permanently tilted forward to encourage a straight spine when you sit, a </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> vestigial looking little back rest, and adjust up or down by squeezing a </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> pair of sprung brackets together that expand into notches when released </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">> along a vertical bar in the center of the back. </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">Is that forward pitch intentional, or just the result of </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">putting weight on a poorly engineered cantilever?</SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">>They are ugly, </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">Supremely, as well as bloody uncomfortable and impossible for </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">me to sit on to tune. As much as I hate tuning in a folding </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">chair, I greatly prefer them to these "benches". Just say no.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">How about just fitting cranks to the existing bench instead of </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">hand knobs to speed up the adjustment process? One on each </SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">side, 180° apart, and and it's like pedaling a trike by hand.</SPAN><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16px; ">Ron N</SPAN></DIV></DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><BR style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "></DIV></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>