Your favorite music stand?

[the elephant]

I don't have any pics, but I have a base made for a model 48 that can be bolted on for windy gigs where I *know* from experience over the years that the wind will piss me off or stress me out. (Think of wind coming off the water at a gig with a stage on the shoreline…)

The base is a 24" circle made from 1" OD steel tubing that I had a guy fabricate for me on his tube bending jig. I welded that to some strapping I made into an X that has the bung from the original stand base. I powder-coated that here at the house. It lives in an "oilcloth" canvas bag I found that fits it pretty well.

When these two problem gigs show up on my calendar I pack the 48 and a crescent wrench and I toss the jumbo base in the back. If it's too windy I will quickly swap on the jumbo base. It has *never* started to tip over, even in very strong winds. It is a PITA, but it provides a nice footrest, heh, heh…

I have used this like a dozen times over the years, and have made a few more for friends. I may not weld very well, but I can get it done. (It looks like boogers, though.)

[bloke]

One doesn’t typically think of Humboldt, Tennessee as a exclusive place, but it’s becoming a northern suburb of Jackson, Tennessee for rich folk to live - as most of the rich folks in Jackson live in the northern part of Jackson already… so Humboldt is morphing into an extension of that.

Several months ago, we (orch. brass quintet) played a quintet concert outdoors there in a pretty nice neighborhood that’s built around a man-made lake with a pretty big levee.

Predictably, it was windy. The orchestra’s everything-guy had a set us up out in the middle of the street with Manhasset stands, and he had also walked over to the levee and picked up a whole bunch of the rip rap - to ballast the stands, and that was nice of him.

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[Mary Ann]

I have a regular Manhasset and a Peak that goes in a bag. I have to use the Manhasset for outdoor concerts so I can put my foot on the leg to hold it down in the wind....can't do that with the Peak. The Peak is very portable for inside playing, something of a pain to put together, and I often find myself hauling the Manhasset anyway.

[sdloveless]

They all stink, but I don't complain too much mostly because I can't figure out a way to make them better. The standard Manhasset is probably the least bad of the ones I've tried.

[Mithosphere]

https://www.descamusic.com/

Desca - had one after the percussionist told me to get one. Works great!

[Kirley]

https://www.descamusic.com/

Desca - had one after the percussionist told me to get one. Works great!

How tall does it get? I didn't see that spec on their site.

[bloke]

“…It gets SO tall, that…”

[tofu]

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[donn]

The Manhasset Voyager is an OK stand, but the carrying case is not well thought out, and mine is beginning to wear at stress points.

I sewed a patch over the bottom corner when it tore through. It's getting kind of scruffy, but still holds the stand, music, a couple clothespins. I used to have some fancy compact folding stand, before the Voyager, but then I'd have to find some other place to carry the book, which can't really be compacted.

[matt g]

Nice photo on the Desca Instagram:

[bloke]

one of the best arguments for Mahasset deserving the "Best Stand Of All Time" award:

- You can throw 'em (many times), and they're still fine.

bloke "If they weren't so dang good, why do so many people steal them? (NO ONE steals Wenger stands...do they?)"

[Mithosphere]

https://www.descamusic.com/

Desca - had one after the percussionist told me to get one. Works great!

How tall does it get? I didn't see that spec on their site.

It's almost tall enough for me and I'm 6'4". The problem is at that height, it very wobbly. I get that they're trying to reduce weight, but a more rigid base would help immensely. Make it out of metal and still have the top fold around it.

[Mithosphere]

https://www.descamusic.com/

Desca - had one after the percussionist told me to get one. Works great!

How tall does it get? I didn't see that spec on their site.

I looked to and don't see it listed but there are a couple of pictures with the owner standing in front of what looks to be a fully extended one and another of a female clarinet player. It looks like it extends about as high as a Manhasset does. On him the top was at his shoulder and the bottom of the shelf around his stomach. Doesn't look like a height would be a problem for most people using it for playing while standing.

It's nice to see a small family business making the stuff in the USA. I might buy one. My question is how fast does it assemble and disassemble? I've already got one small portable I don't like because it's a pita to assemble and then get all back together when disassembled.

It's really quick, you roll out the top part, unfold the support and throw the legs out and put the two together. A little more complicated than the Manhasset stand, but also more portable.