<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Hi,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">I was asked to forward this.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">br</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 28, 2007 3:02 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Dangerous piano bench</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A technician just called to report an accident caused by catastrophic bench failure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The bench was a new replacement bench made in China.  He examined the bench before beginning to tune, and it appeared stable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The corner brackets which take the leg bolt appeared to be wood, not and he tightened a loose bolt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Part way through the tuning the bench collapsed suddenly and he suffered an uncontrolled fall with elbow injury.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Upon examination he found that the corner brackets were made of compressed cardboard, not wood.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anyone is aware of similar benches, please let us know at <A href="mailto:editor@ptg.org">editor@ptg.org</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>