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   dgreen | Sep 13, 2006 11:29pm | #1

   http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/plans/index.cfm/plan_details/5/51/974

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   TomHigby | Sep 14, 2006 01:44am | #3

   If you consult the cumulative index for FWW you will find an answer.  It was probably in 6 or 8 years ago.  I used that plan for three stands, to good result.

   Tom

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   splintergroupie | Sep 14, 2006 12:09am | #2

   I made a pivoting joint as dgreen showed in his link. I glued two brackets of walnut to the back of the platen, which snugly sandwiched the extension post. There was a threaded rod going into a threaded insert in one bracket and through the other bracket, tightened by a brass knob on the threaded rod. A brass tube covered the threads between the brackets.

   I used a similar set-up to tighten the extension post inside the column. The brass knob on a threaded rod fed into a threaded insert in the side of the column and bore against a brass wear strip i epoxied to the extension. In hindsight, i should have inset the wear strip level to the walnut.

   Here's a pic. I sold it, so i'm sorry i can't take detail shots for you, but it may be good for ideas.

   
   

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   Edited 9/13/2006 5:10 pm ET by splintergroupie

   
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   TomHigby | Sep 14, 2006 05:45pm | #4

   After leaving a reply yesterday, I realized that time was flying, I went to my index and can tell you that a good plan that I used four times was in FWW #63, 1986.

   Tom

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   TomHigby | Sep 21, 2006 02:58am | #7

   After further thought I must say that using my stand for about eight years I haven't needed to use the tilt system that I put much effort into making.  It always stays in the same position.

   Tom

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   AlanYoung | Sep 14, 2006 11:30pm | #5

   It's a bit more elaborate but this stand utilises commmon brass hardware.
   It is long gone and these are the only pics I have.

   http://www.woodwardwoodworks.com/musicstand.html

   Alan

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   daryl | Sep 15, 2006 05:52pm | #6

   I built one that was lucky enough to be posted in the FWW gallery-I have no idea how to do a link, but it's there somewhere. Anyway, I built it for one of my kids, who is now taller than I am, and it's sometimes used by my youngest son (for sax and cello). Anyway, before I designed it, I spent some time with someone who knew what he was talking about--and the results are basically:The tilting head is not as necessary as people think. Since my stand works fgor adults and kids, I think that bears out. The adjustable height is good, helpful but also not a deal breaker. However, adjusting heights is not that difficult with some threaded brass hardware. I've done both, and consider it more of a design decision than a use one.The big issue is leg placement. If you google "music stand" for an image search, you will see lots (I just did, wow, mine is there...cool), anyway, too many people put the legs in a tripos approach, or with a semicircular base, with the two lages just where your knees go. This is not good, especially for cellos and such-especially if you need to read small music notes. Putting the 2 legs in front solves lots of enginering issues, it's easier to build some of the stands that rely on balance, but it's not good from a "playing the music" point of view. Connecting the platen to the stand has to be done mechanically, as glue alone, even epoxy, might fail over the years. I biscuited it together, plus glue everywhere else. BTW, I was lucky enough to tour Sam Malloof's house last year, and one of his music stands was there. Beautiful, as everything else was. It must have felt like that when some sculpting amateur walked by Michaelangelo's shop in Florence, and went away feeling really really small and awed.

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   geir | Sep 22, 2006 12:18am | #9

   Thank you!

   All of you!

    

   Geir

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   mytthor | Sep 21, 2006 03:44am | #8

   Several years ago I built a music stand for my son. I found an old stand that the High School ws getting rid of. I took the elevating mechanism and used it inside of the hollow base that I turned. I also used the tilting mechanism. You might be able to find an old stand and scavange the parts that you need.

   Tim