This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Didn't Glen play with his one leg crossed over the other? He would have = to have the bench low to do that. Seems like he was a hummer too. Jim James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing = instruments (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Porritt, David=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:10 AM Subject: RE: Piano Bench Height Terry: =20 Power! As others have said. I have some artist benches here that I = have modified with 2" blocks of wood to raise them even higher than they = normally go, and 2 for which I bought Jansen's 2" longer legs. I you = are sitting back far enough even a person with long legs can get them = under the keyboard because of the angle. Personally I always want my = elbows to be higher than the keyboard. My question has always been how = on earth did Glen Gould play sitting so low? =20 dave =20 David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Terry Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:35 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Piano Bench Height =20 I service a couple dozen grand pianos at frequent intervals that are = played by professional pianist - Piano Bar-type settings. Each time I = service the pianos (every two weeks), the adjustable benches are cranked = all the way to the maximum height position (the top of the seat is maybe = an inch below the bottom of the keybed). I crank the seat all the way = down so my legs fit under the keybed so I can tune the darn thing - then = two weeks later, the benches are always all the way up again. =20 Why does a piano player do this? Where do they put their legs? Maybe = the players are really small people who sit Indian-style - but then how = do they use the pedals? =20 What gives? =20 Terry Farrell =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/eb/d9/7a/39/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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