On Tue, 31 Jan 1995 CRANE@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU wrote: > My question concerns the MAFCO benches. They are noisy! Almost all of > the ones here 'clunk' if the pianist shifts their weight from side to > side. I can see where the play is in the mechanism which allows this to > occur but I haven't figured out what to do about it. Has anyone come up > with a solution which works well for them? Has anyone else ideas which > they've not tried yet but seem like they ought to work? I'd appreciate > some help on this one!! (Yes, I tightened *everything*!) Ah! There *is* something you can do with your clunky artist benches! And, believe you me, it's *quite* satisfying. John Baird, the Dean of Destruction, produces a show every summer (I've not seen the show in person, but Ron Berry and John Minor will attest to it) that could introduce a new art....the Artist Bench Toss *and* solve your cacophonous bench problems. Actually, I'd _love_ to see a gadget whereupon one would place said clunker, crank up the tension, and let 'er fly. (Remember Northern Exposure's alternative to the Bovine Toss?) Make sure all the nuts are good and tight! But seriously, we too, at U of Illinois suffer from rickety-bench syndrome. A cure doctor? I've toyed with the idea of finding teflon fender washers to insert between the lifter arms. Can't remember whether or not there were nuts there or rivets. (Got a bench handy, Alan?) Ron Torrella Self-explanatory - [A]bort [C]ancel [R]etry University of Illinois Inexplicable - + + +
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