Harpsichord Stand

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Barbara! I'll second Joe's approach..As far as I know,this technic is
called "Blind Wedge".It works well in Grand Legs and Pedal lyres.Good luck!
isaac

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Barbara Richmond
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:07 PM
To: joegarrett at earthlink.net; Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Harpsichord Stand

Thanks, Joe.  I headed off  to the library and came home with the book, 
"Success with Joints."    :-)

I saw what you meant in the book.  I may go with the drawn tenon (pegged) 
since the mortise is a lot deeper than the tenon (and it's curved, too) and 
the wedges would have to sort of long.

If I'm making a horrible mistake, someone please let me know.

I'll think about the brace...

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Harpsichord Stand


>
> Barbara,
> There are two things I would do: 1. Cut a saw kerf in the Tenon part; make
> hardwood wedges, (1or 2 degrees), that will fit into the kerf. Apply glue
> to the mortise & Tenon parts, plus the wedge. Make the wedges length so
> that when you assemble the part, you'll have to dead-blow hammer it
> together, which will drive the wedges into the kerf and expand the Tenon.
> This has been done on legs and lyres for eons. It really works well. (this
> procedure is easier to do than explain.:-()) 2. I'd make an "X" brace that
> would tie in front to back. This will sturdy the whole thing up and take
> some of the stress off of the mortise/tenon joints. This brace can be
> decorative and finished to match the frame.
> Have fun.<G>
> Regards,
> Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
>