Portable Music Stand

[John Flynn]

I have one of those "El Cheapo" Hamilton portable music stands. It is flimsy and also it is really not all that portable, because it doesn't come with a carrying case and even folded up, it doesn't fit in anything I would normally carry to a gig. I have seen some better alternatives online, but its hard to evaluate them by pictures on a website.

I need something that is very portable, with a carrying case, that is easy to set up and very stable once it is set up. It will have to hold a 1" three-ring binder full of music at a sitting height. I was looking to spend about $50, but if there was something that really worked well, I could flex on that. Any recommendations?

[CHPorter]

The Peterson I bought at Elderly Instruments is a very nice portable music stand. It's made of plastic and aluminum and folds down into a pretty small size, say maybe 18 x 7 x 2 (inches). I also bought the Cordura nylon carrying case for it, which has some pockets for tuners, etc. I think I paid around $35 for the stand, though it might be at $40 now. The case isn't cheap, maybe another 18 bucks, but it makes a very nice package to schlepp along -- take a look online at www.elderly.com. No affiliation to either Elderly or Peterson, btw.

Craig
Dearborn, MI

[Dena Haselwander]

Shar Products (www.sharmusic.com) has the Peterson stands with the color options of black, blue or clear. They also have some less expensive stands that look fairly sturdy but I really like the looks of the Peterson stand. I may have to indulge.

[PhilGE]

That's a Petersen (http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/P2K.htm) portable music stand. Looks good!

[steve in tampa]

I have a couple of Ultimate stands that I like. Fold up small, and hold th einstruments well, and a little higher off the ground.

http://www.fqms.com/Ultimate_Guitar_Stand_P13291C1055.cfm

[John Flynn]

Gee, Steve, how many sheets of music will that thing hold? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Martin Jonas]

I use this (http://www.audiogear.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?key=KM10100B&preadd=action) K&M music stand. Amongst the traditional folding type of music stand, I've found K&M to be the most sturdy and even with heavy folders on the stand, I've never felt any danger of it collapsing. Mine came with a nylon carrying bag of sorts, although it seems peculiarly ill-fitting in shape to the folded-up music stand (the bag being triangular and the folded stand being basically tube-shaped).

Our repertoire folder is easily thicker than the 1" you mention, and works just fine: I think it would suit you. The folded stand fits into the backpack I use to carry my sheet music; it's about 40cm by 10cm by 10cm folded up.

Martin

[Mark Levesque]

This may be more stand then you need, but the Wenger Gig Stand holds these HEAVY books that we use (on the 4 hour gigs) and you can clip a light to it.
Wenger Website (http://www.wengercorp.com/web/main.html)
Click on:
Products We Offer
-Stands
-Gig Stand
It folds up and down into a compact unit with a handle to carry it.

For one inch binders we use the K&M 10065 which is quite sturdy and folds up to a very small size. There's an optional carrying case so you can carry it over your shoudler. The K&M 10065 is on this page. (http://www.maplestreetguitars.com/Pages/accessoriespage6.htm)
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[Ira Chavis]

i use a Rat Stand Scherzo

http://www.ratstands.com/scherzo.html

they are lightweight aluminum and come with a little carrying bag. I think it cost me about $50

ira

[glauber]

Try Rat stands (http://www.ratstands.com/).

Ooops, i-man beat me to it. I don't have one, but if i were shopping for a new music stand, i'd try getting one of theirs, either a scherzo or a jazz (http://www.ratstands.com/jazz.html).

[Martin Jonas]

Interesting: I see that there is some confusion in the numbering of the K&M music stands between the site linked by Mark and that linked by me. For what it's worth, mine looks like the one I've linked, and is very sturdy; however the serial number attached to that link (10100) is wrong -- that photo is of the model #10010. The #10100 also exists, but is a much flimsier affair. For what it's worth, I paid £22 in the UK, i.e. a bit less than $40.

K&M's homepage, for definitive model numbers, is here (http://www.k-m.de/D/Katalog/index.asp?spr=EN).

Martin

[PhilGE]

Those Rat stands look really good!

[Don Christy]

Hey John, which stand did you end up with?

I had a cheap portable that I left at the Symposium, so I just ordered a Petersen.

Don

[mandroid]

Low cost 'on stage' orchestra stand is sturdy, steel desk would allow sheets of music to remain
in place in windy outdoor situations with a few magnets.
double braced legs like a speaker stand

[John Flynn]

Wow Don, you resurrected a thread from January of last year! I stopped going to the weekly Irish session that I wanted the stand for. I didn't wind up buying anything!

[Don Christy]

Wow Don, you resurrected a thread from January of last year! I stopped going to the weekly Irish session that I wanted the stand for. I didn't wind up buying anything!
power of the search I guess. I've got the petersen on order. I;ll let you know what I think.
Don