Gang, I've experienced many benches through the years. I have one of LaRoy's (Edwards Covers) benches and it works well. The portability is great. This new one from Norman Cantrell sounds interesting. Another (new to piano techs) IMHO great bench for the shop is built by woodworking master, Geoff Noden. He is based out of Trenton, NJ. It is called the Noden Adjust-A-Bench. It is a fully adjustable (vertically) bench with a adjusting range of 16.5" There is a patented locking mechanism which allows the adjustments. You raise or lower by pressing a foot pedal while lifting the benchtop and raising or lowering to the desired height. The design also a type of fail safe safety feature to prevent problems of the bench dropping unexpectedly. The leg set measures at 26.25" at its lowest height with a 16.75" rise to the top level If you have a 2" thick bench (practical 1.75") top the adjustable range would be 28" up to 45"! I have one of these in the shop and it is a real back saver. The bench raises up to eye level and lowers to keybed height. Very comfortable to regulate, level keys, inspect, hang parts etc etc with minimal bending and back strain. They sell these as complete benches or just the set of legs. There are a bunch of options too. (castors,vises, bench dogs etc) They are going to be at MARC as well as Michigan. Check them out, you'll be amazed with this fellow woodworkers design. Web site is www.adjustabench.com Wish I had thought of this. Gerry C, RPT, Lead Technician Curator of Musical Instruments West Chester University College of Visual & Performing Arts gcousins at wcupa.edu 610.436.2634 Jim, It is an excellent and very portable piece of equipment. As you desire, it has casters, and a table that can be screwed to the top to give it "double-duty". Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Grand keyboard & action table > bppiano at aol.com wrote: >> As I was attending the regional PTG conference in Wichita, K a few weeks >> ago, there was a exhibitor that had one for sale he designed that was >> quite clever and even smaller to store or transport than Leroy's(which I >> own and consider a must). Go to the website to get a list of exhibitors, >> he's the one from Oklahoma. Sorry, I'm terrible with names. >> >> Bruce Pennington > > Norman Cantrell, and it's a pretty slick little table. > Ron N > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: ilvey at sbcglobal.net To: pianotech at ptg.org; kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:42:39 -0700 Subject: Re: [pianotech] Grand keyboard & action table Does it duplicate the keybed? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ken & Pat Gerler" <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 4/13/2009 8:41:38 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Grand keyboard & action table >Jim, >It is an excellent and very portable piece of equipment. As you desire, it >has casters, and a table that can be screwed to the top to give it >"double-duty". >Ken >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> >To: <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 6:44 PM >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Grand keyboard & action table >> bppiano at aol.com wrote: >>> As I was attending the regional PTG conference in Wichita, K a few weeks >>> ago, there was a exhibitor that had one for sale he designed that was >>> quite clever and even smaller to store or transport than Leroy's(which I >>> own and consider a must). Go to the website to get a list of exhibitors, >>> he's the one from Oklahoma. Sorry, I'm terrible with names. >>> >>> Bruce Pennington >> >> Norman Cantrell, and it's a pretty slick little table. >> Ron N >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090414/79e35184/attachment.html>
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