Has anyone looked into to rebuilding artist benches? I have a number of them that not only need recovering (upholstery or "Nauga" if you will), but also have various problems with the adjusting mechanism. A common problem that I have found with many older benches is that they start rocking on the "X" lifting support, and many simply become difficult if not impossible to turn the handles to adjust. Thus the question is: is it a worth-while proceedure (cost vs replacement) to strip and recover these things with simi-professional results, along with the needed mechanical repairs? Is there a source out there for parts? If so, has anyone successfully built new benches from scratch with new parts? Just occured to me like a "worth-while" topic for discussion. On a related topic, for practice and studio use, does anyone have comments on the cheeper artist benches out there (AKA the "Petite" benches such as that found on P. D-1 in the PianoTech catalogue). Do these hold up as well under regular use, or are they better suited for the occassional home user? Rob Goodale, RPT
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