Hi David, I have a three bladed affair that is spun by my table saw. I think it's a Craftsman tool. Sets of bits can be purchased to achieve the results you're looking for. Decades ago I used it to do the very thing you're describing for the part just below the music rest on a grand music rack. Different bits create different results. Set up is about 45 minutes to an hour including test cuts. Your results may vary. One pass is all that's needed. Good luck.
Lar
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-08-2019 20:03
From: Ted Rohde
Subject: Router bits for beading
Could you supply a picture of something like you might want for that upright? We service a chain of music stores and they salvage those kinds of case parts and pieces. They might accidentally have something similar to what you need. Sorry about not having info about a router bit, though. Just an idea, is all.
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Ted Rohde
Central Illinois
Original Message:
Sent: 04-08-2019 19:33
From: David Hankin
Subject: Router bits for beading
Hello all -
I am rebuilding a fine old 1893 upright piano which I received absent a music desk. I've looked online at other similar pianos for sale (used, for rebuilding) and notice that they also often lack the music desk, presumably because the thin wood breaks at the hinges after 50 years or so of use or abuse. SO, I need to create a new music desk for the piano.
Do any of you know of a current router bit maker who produces a router bit that would cut, say, about 8 shallow beads in approximately 1.25" width of materials? This would be similar to the bead pattern on my 1918 Steinway A-3 grand and is likely a similar bead pattern to the one of the original piano that I am rebuilding.
Any ideas? Have any of you attempted to fabricate an old music desk for an upright piano?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Dave Hankin
Trinidad, CA