upright pedal extenders

[Tom Driscoll]

I think GRK has them.  Tom D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Olsen <laura257@chicagonet.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 6:16 AM
Subject: RE: upright pedal extenders


> I tried to get more of these from Jansen last fall and they no longer
carry
> them.  Are they still being sold?  And if so, by whom?
> Laura Olsen, RPT
> Team2001 Institute Director
> Allan Gilreath, RPT, Gary Neie, RPT and Dale Probst, RPT Assistant
Directors
> 44th Annual PTG Convention & Institute
> July 11-15, 2001
> Reno, Nevada
> http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Roy Peters
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 10:51 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: upright pedal extenders
>
>
> We have had one of these for a couple of years.  My children started
playing
> using Suzuki method when they were very young, and the teacher wanted us
to
> buy
> one.  It has worked  well.  We bought it through someone else, not Jansen,
> but
> it sounds like the same thing.  I'm not so sure about the longer practice
> time
> claim, however.
>
> Roy Peters
>
> Farrell wrote:
>
> > "At long last there is a unique foot-rest that ensures the piano
student's
> > correct posture, better discipline habits, increased concentration and
> > longer practice time.....It's Fun Too! Janson & Son makes this platform
> that
> > has a pedal on it that pushes the sustain pedal down. You can adjust the
> > platform from 3 to 12 inches high. It's just like bringing the floor and
> > sustain pedal up to whatever height you want. I have never sold one, but
I
> > tried one out at Arlington last year and it seemed to work real well. If
> you
> > get one, let me know how you like it. They seem really slick to me.
>