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For home piano practice I use an expensive office chair with no arms.

On jobs, I have a drum throne (with no back support). Drum throne

Ikea offers inexpensive office chairs that you might like. I'm older and have more disposable income so the cost factor is not a big deal.

I bought a Roc'n'Soc seat ("motorcycle" style, like the Lunar), and mounted it on the base of a rolling office chair. It works fine for piano. The height adjustment comes from a gas cylinder in the old base.

I think a used Lunar would be a good bet.

Note that it _doesn't_ support your back. You'll either develop better posture, or you'll add a Roc'n'Soc backrest to it for support.

Thanks for the suggestion Charles. The Roc-N-Soc site offers options like wheels and a choice of Gas or threaded height adjustment.

I have a drum throne without wheels and that is not too convenient for upper & lower registers. My seat is probably a bit too soft also.

Is too soft not a good thing?

Glad you asked. The issue is that for some reason this throne seems to encourage me to slouch. Tonight I looked a bit more carefully for an explaination:

1- The point where the threaded seat adjustment interfaces with the seat is a bit sloppy. So when I sit on the front of the seat to play, the seat is probably 10 degrees tilted forward. That is a bit by design as keeping that interface loose prevents the hight from changing

2- The foam is extremely high-quality; it is very thick and relatively firm but still has some give at the edges.

Both those factors combined seem to add a bit more forward tilt than a wooden bench would. I think that tilt encourages slouching.

I just tried tighening the bolt on the seat interface; that seems to have helped a lot.

Tomorrow I will stuff something inside that joint to remove the slop and try to figure out a reliable way to lock in the height.

Thanks!

I'm pretty new to piano. I bought a Juno DS88 a few months ago and a double brace pro-line stand.

I use a computer chair to play since I thought the back rest would be nice. But since the computer chair is so deep, to even reach the back rest, my legs can't touch the floor (the chair has to be at max height to reach the pro-line stands lowest setting.

So, I end up having to just sit at the very edge of this rolling seat, and it's very uncomfortable. I can't really do more than 15 minutes or so before my back aches, and I need to take a break.

I decided I should invest in a proper chair. I went to GC and asked them what they recommend in terms of piano bench. They said that anything will suit me fine since I'm a beginner, but one with cushion is probably best.

However, they also told me that an even better option would be to go for a drum throne. They are shallow, usually height adjustable, have lower back rests, and are pretty comfortable considering how much drummers move around.

So I wanted to ask you guys/gals since I don't see too many forum posts about this.

Do you guys recommend drum thrones for piano? Or is a piano bench usually the better choice?

Thank you for any and all advice!

p.s. I found a Roc N Soc Lunar throne for a good price. For a similar priced piano bench I'd be able to get a Pro-line piano bench or something nice second hand.

Gigging keyboardist here. Drum thrones rock. Don't go cheap, you'll be happy after four hours