<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Practice Room Benches</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY>Ken, The original was by the late, great= Newton Hunt.   His post is on the archives in the CAUT= section.  Probably been talked about on Pianotech= also...check the archives for more= info...  <PRE>"All hard wood. Newton P.S. You could build a box of 3/8" ply and 1x1" cleats= 15x17x18". It can be turned to the desired seating height. Almost= indestructible, cheap, not worth stealing and extremely strong."</PRE> David= Ilvedson, RPT <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Ken Zahringer= <ZAHRINGERK@MISSOURI.EDU> To: College and University= Technicians <CAUT@PTG.ORG> Received: Tue, 15 Feb 2005= 09:02:59 -0600 Subject: [CAUT] Practice Room Benches A= couple of months back, someone talked about having built oblong= boxes for practice room piano benches.  They were something= like 17X19X21 inches so they could be rotated to different= heights.  I’m thinking of doing a similar thing here, and= our Director wants some more information on design & usage= experience.  Would whoever that was please contact me so I= can pick your brain? Thanks, Ken Z. -- Ken= Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician University of Missouri= School of Music 297 Fine Arts Bldg Columbia, MO= 65211 573-882-1202 cell= 573-489-7529 </DIV></BODY></HTML>