Dangerous piano bench

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Ed! 

I saw a few cardboard music racks [Rudolf Wurlitzers come to mind],but never
Bench corner brackets..And I had repaired hundrets of benches...Does anybody
on the List know a source for Kimball Bench corner Brackets??? Any leads
will be appreciated.. Thanks in advance   Isaac Sadigursky, Los Angeles
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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Barbara Richmond
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:25 PM
To: Pianotech
Cc: Ed Sutton
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----- Original Message ----- 

From: Ed Sutton <mailto:ed440 at mindspring.com>  

To: College and University <mailto:caut at ptg.org>  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

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