PVC HD Stand by Paul Jewell
During a discussion on the mailing list about containers for hammers, mention was made of making a hammer tube out of PVC pipe. Paul Jewell remarked that, had he thought of it, he would have built a hammer case into his PVC HD stand. Well, that prompted several requests for pictures and/or description. I suggested he send them to me and I would put them up. Well, here they are.
Here is the basic stand. I think this is 25mm (about 1 inch) pipe and fittings. You could probably get away with 3/4-inch stuff, and for a small hd, maybe 1/2-inch would work, but might be too wimbly.
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This is how the hammer dulcimer sits on it.
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To pretty things up, you may want to drape some cloth over it. If you like the white pipe, you can remove the printing with PCV cleaner or acetone.
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If you leave some of the joints unglued, it folds up quite nicely.
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If you glue only the horizontal parts to the joiners (the Tees), it comes apart to go into a bag. That way, the stand won't fall apart when a dulcimer is on it.
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You can get more information on the mailing list, or directly from Paul at jewell (at) internode.on.net.