upright pedal extenders

[Farrell]

Was is a GRK? Is there a web site?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@mediaone.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: upright pedal extenders


> 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.
> >
>