Hi, I was asked to forward this. br ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Sutton To: College and University Technicians Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:02 PM Subject: Dangerous piano bench A technician just called to report an accident caused by catastrophic bench failure. The bench was a new replacement bench made in China. He examined the bench before beginning to tune, and it appeared stable. The corner brackets which take the leg bolt appeared to be wood, not and he tightened a loose bolt. Part way through the tuning the bench collapsed suddenly and he suffered an uncontrolled fall with elbow injury. Upon examination he found that the corner brackets were made of compressed cardboard, not wood. He wasn't able to determine the source of the bench, other than "Made in China." (The piano was a 30 year old school piano.) If anyone is aware of similar benches, please let us know at editor at ptg.org Thanks. Ed Sutton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070928/5d39e6d1/attachment.html
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