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Does anyone sit on a drum throne, rather than a traditional piano bench, while playing piano? |
I've noticed certain artists using various kinds of benches at the piano at different times. I don't know about the drum throne but I do know the late, great Glenn Gould used to prefer to play sitting on a rickety old wooden chair rather than any conventional piano stool. It was much lower than most piano stools could reach. It was an odd sight! I prefer the traditional bench, and I don't sit too close to the piano. the drum throne is so similar to the old piano stool (see any saloon scene in a western, movie that is) yes I know people who love them Drum thrones are designed to allow the drummer to swivel his hips in order to facilitate reaching a large panoply of percussion arrayed around him. It has a bit of swivel built into it in order to facilitate this. It is also built with the center of gravity of the player pushed forward, to allow more leverage for foot pedals. It could be very uncomfortable or dangerous to use it for a piano stool, but mostly, it won't provide the kind of foundation that a bench or chair (or even an old-style piano stool) does. |
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