PIANO OR ORGAN BENCH.

Piano or Organ Bench: This seat is very easy to make and much handsomer than the ordinary piano stool. Lumber required 10 ft. 1 in. x 12 in. and 7 ft. 1 in. x 3 in.

First, get out the end pieces to dimensions given. Cut the mortises for the ends of the stretcher as shown, the top of the lower mortise (a) 6 in. above the floor and the top of the upper mortise (a) 18 in. above the floor. The tenon on the stretcher has only one shoulder, as shown at (c). Next cut a rabbet 1-4 in. deep for the seat to fit in across the inside face at each end, just above the upper mortise as shown by dotted lines at (d). Then round the corners and cut the handles and arches in the bottoms with the compass saw. Next get out the seat exactly the same width as the ends and 1-2 in. longer than the space between the ends to allow for the 1-4 in. in the rabbet at each end. The stretchers (b) are, of

course, 1-2 in. shorter to their shoulders than the seat for the same reason, though 3 1-2 in. longer including the tenons. To cut the holes for the pins, insert the tenon through the end and mark across it on the outside just where it comes through the mortise, then take it out and bore a hole about 1-2 in. in diameter on this line so that when the tenon is inserted through the mortise one-half of the hole will be outside. You can thus make your pins round and by splitting them in half have two pins. All sharp edges should be rounded off a little with the plane so they will not be so easily marred. Smooth thoroughly before putting together. The seat is held in place by two screws from underneath through the upper stretcher into the seat. These screws should be near the ends of the stretcher and well into the seat, but be very careful they do not go through the seat.