Dr. Annamaria Habermann
Milano

Anna Maria Habermann, daughter of an italian mother and a hungarian father has studied different subjects:
She got her piano diploma in 1964 at the "conservatorio di musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia" and plays as soloist and with her chamber music trio.

She got her medical degree with "summa cum laude" at the Siena university in 1969 and has worked as assistant doctor in anesthesia and surgery. Further on she specialized in orthopedics and traumatologics, practising these specialities in the Niguarda hospital of Milano.

Since 1990 she worke as free lance and researches about the deseases of musicians.

She gave classes of neuro-physiology of learning for musicians at the "Accademia Incontri con il Maestro di Imola" and at the
"conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Milano".

Her scientific publications are numerous. AND she writes prosa books like her last publication "L´Ultima Lettera Di Tibor".

26 october 2002 "primo premio assoluto" of Literature Prize "Mario Tobino" for Italy given to Dr.med. Annamaria Habermann for her book: "L´Ultima Lettera Di Tibor", published in italian and coming close to be a bestseller...

Dott. Sergio Nazzar and Dott. Anna Maria Habermann during a lecture of her book "L´Ultima Lettera Di Tibor"in Rome.

she had been invited by the hungarian academy in Rome for two reasons: the presentation of the hungarian translation of her book "The Last Letter From Tibor" because of the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution and she should be talking about Shoa. That was by reading some letters of relatives of her father from the concentration camps ... since she is just working on a book about her discovery of an unknown relative who suffered in these camps.

 

One of her most important inventions was the "Linea Dr. Habermann", an ergonomic piano bench which you can order directly from us!
Please check this:

Back pain: Do you need to have back pain
to be convinced about the ergonomic piano bench
linea Dr. Habermann
by the Italian designer Lanzani?

Or can you make your conclusion for its benefits
for healthy piano players from the testimonials
of these happy pianists below?

ERGONOMIC BENCH
FOR PIANIST

 

Medical Scientific Report


By Dr. Habermann


The spinal column of people who play keyboard instruments is subject to static and dynamic stresses in which pratically all the muscle-tendon structures of the body are involved.

For this reason, pianists frequently suffer from strain in the regions of the neck, the shoulder blades and the back.

The performer may then suffer serious pain caused by fibrosis. Even if this can be helped by specific gymnastics and or by physical therapy, these pains reappear as soon as the performer returns to playing his instrument.

All this is mainly caused by the posture which the performer maintains at the instrument and which is, in turn depends on the shape of the bench on which he is sitting.

The pianist must be able to:

• freely move his arms with agility, ease and strength

• freely move his feet to use the pedals

During his performance he is continually shifting the weigit on his pelvis around his lumbar vertebrae.

As you can see from the first figure, when the traditional bench is used the sitting position is towards the front of bench without asuitable support for the back and the weight of the body lies only on the ischiatic protuberance, thus keeping the pelvis in an instable position.

As a result, all the physiologic al curve s of the spinal column are compressed thus increasing the lordosi lombare, the lordosi and the antiversione cervicale and the dorsal cifosis. (Figure 1)

The movement of the feet further increases this imbalance because of the decrease in the support of the hip-bones which causes a stiffening of the upper body and a strain on the trapezium muscles which then contract to keep the spinal column immobile. This causes pain in the regions of the shoulder blades and cervical dorsal muscles. (Figure 2)

The solution to this problem consists in the use of a seat equipped with a sloping surface which creates a difference in height between the front and rear levels.

It is an ergonomic seat which helps to solve the problems of static on the spinal column by making the weight of the trunk completely lie on the protuberances of the hip-bones and the lower limbs. The posture which the performer assumes on this seat furthermore fosters the freedom of movement of the upper lumbs and especially their force of impact on the keyboard.

Furthermore it helps to reduce spinal curvature and to eliminate muscular strain even during movements of the feet which are then in the optimal position for using the pedals. (Figure 3)



This position is advised by all the most advanced physiotherapic methods and is useful also singers and wind-instrument players. It is in fact, the best position for audibility of sounds and voice emission. (Figure4)



Dr. Annarnaria Habermann, the designer and patent-holder of the new “LINEA®” bench, is a surgeon with specializations in orthopaedics and traumatology.

Her particular ability in this field is augmented by the fact that she holds a diploma in pianoforte.

 

 

 

MOD. 105 - H

MOD. 112 - H - High

MOD. 112 - H - Low


Warning: Beware of imitations possibily not in ergonomic materials.

 

Testimonial of Carol Holmberg /Colorado Springs/USA
how she lost her back pain using this ergonomic bench!

PLUS

Testimonial of Amedeo Balestrieri, Italian pianist from Fukuoka-Ken/Japan
how he can perform now without back pain!

 

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Ergonomic Piano Bench "linea Dr. Habermann"

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Microfiber USA Japan Germany any other country
105H microfiber 555 € (click number for € value) 555+shipping 555+shipping 555+shipping 555+shipping
112H microfiber  679 € (click number for € value) 679+shipping 679+shipping 679+shipping 679+shipping
Leather USA Japan Germany any other country
105H leather 590 € (click number for € value) 590+shipping 590+shipping 590+shipping 590+shipping
112H leather 699 € (click number for € value) 699+shipping 699+shipping 699+shipping 699+shipping
Alcantara USA Japan Germany any other country
105H alcantara 679 € (click number for € value) 679+shipping 679+shipping 679+shipping 679+shipping
112H alcantara 790 € (click number for € value) 790+shipping 790+shipping 790+shipping 790+shipping

Your salesman:

Wolfgang Ellenberger
concert pianist and medical doctor as well
ask me if you have any questions!

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Example 1: Bench sent from Seveso/Italy to Colorado/USA (80904) in 3 to 4 days costs 175 € shipping.

Example 2: Bench sent to Fukuoka-Ken/Japan directly at the clients house costs 250 € for ca. 10 days shipping.

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Business conditions

Some more information about the producer Lanzani:

Designed to anatomic physiological criteria

Dedicated for more than 30 years to the production of high-quality accessories for musical performers, LANZANI Company of Seveso have reconfirmed their attention to the funcionality as well as to the aesthetics of their products in the new bench for keyboard instruments which is a brand new concept.

Ergonomics...

This is the LINEA® bench created for LANZANI by Dr. Habermann and protected by patent. It has been designed to prevent and solve problem of position which can undermine the musician’s ability to play well. The report on the other page clearly illustrates the suppositions and the results of the medical scientific studies which lead to the production of the new model whose most important feature is the adjustable sloping seat. It is a design which will pleasantly surprise performers by its simplicity and how it overcomes a problem believed to be insoluble. And if ergonomics is the branch of science which faces the problems relating to the work of man by establishing the design criteria of works instruments, the new LINEA® bench can certainly be defined by every right as ergonomic.

... steady and silent

The LINEA® bench is, however something more. Thanks to the use of double pantograph mechanism, it shows the result of the research which LANZANI Company has carried out for many years in this particular field. The double pantograph, which has already been mounted and recently tested on other models of LANZANI Collection ensures that the bench seat is solidly supported at four points. It therefore guarantees permanent stability and excludes squeaking noises and other bothersome details. This feature is destined to make the new bench a valuable accessory and indispensable for performance in concert halls and recording studios. The new LINEA® bench can be said to be, in a certain sense, a tribute to music. With its perfect appearance, its classic fumish in leather sewn on to a soft and comfortable padded seat, the LINEA® bench offers the seriousness, the elegance and the meticolous attention to detail which characterizes the work of craftsman at the high level of LANZANI Collection and which has already made their name famous at world level.

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Annamaria Habermann got a nice report in the italian magazine "Il Giorno"

about her book "L'ultima lettera di Tibor" ("The last letter of Tibor")

This book was a bestseller in Italy and it deals about the hungarian revolution -being associated with
Annamaria's personal historical background.

She is WriterDoc, more even PianoDoc and has designed an ergonomic piano bench
which you can order online, we ship it to any part of the world.
 

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