| When ordering a piano bench I have noticed that many | | | | way and tell them that is much better to have |
| people do not care about the type of piano bench leg | | | | selected the right piano bench, leg, upholstery and |
| that goes on the bench. Most of them are not aware | | | | wood finish to match your piano than to have |
| of the many choices that they have in front of them | | | | everyone who looks at your piano set and stop and |
| when they are ordering. I like to tell people that they | | | | wonder for a moment or two what is wrong with the |
| should always order a piano bench that will match the | | | | look and why it does not all appear to fit together in |
| legs of their piano so that the look of their set can be | | | | the right way. |
| continuous and beautiful. | | | | I once went to a cocktail party and the host played a |
| Much like the wood finish of a piano bench, the legs | | | | game asking people to identify the pieces of furniture |
| should also match the leg style of the piano. The legs | | | | that did not go together. I must admit that I was not |
| come in many styles: straight, fluted, brass ferruled, | | | | very good at the game and did not enjoy playing the |
| round, spade, straight tapered, square tapered, antique | | | | game all that much (my wife, however, enjoyed the |
| looking Louis XV, Queen Anne, Early American, round | | | | game quite a bit) but it did bring to mind some of the |
| reeded and even octagonal. You can see a picture of | | | | pieces that should go together in a house. His piano |
| each of the leg types by looking at the piano benches | | | | and bench did not go together. It turned out that he had |
| section of a popular web site. | | | | owned two pianos and had switched benches. Both |
| To be sure to order the right type of leg, simply look at | | | | were black pianos but one was a grand and the other |
| the pictures of legs provided on the piano bench | | | | an upright. The size of the benches and the legs to |
| supplier site and then compare it to the leg of your | | | | each one did not fit the piano they were sitting in front |
| piano. Be sure to look at whether the leg is square or | | | | of. I admit also that I did not notice until after it was |
| rounded, if it has a brass ferrule on the bottom of it | | | | brought to my attention but after it was I realized how |
| and whether or not the leg has a series of decorations | | | | the pieces simply did not go together and that I would |
| at the bottom of it. Asking yourself these questions | | | | have stared at the piano and bench combination not |
| prior to ordering a matching bench will make the job or | | | | liking the tandem had the mismatch not been |
| selection much easier because it will limit your choices | | | | corrected. |
| somewhat through the ordering process. | | | | My last piece of advice is to not find yourself as an |
| Some people have told me they feel that limiting their | | | | embarrassed host by getting a piano bench that |
| choices is a bad thing and I always respond the same | | | | matches your piano. |