Wind and brass stands are specialized supports designed to hold your instrument securely when they are not being played. Look for good stability and make sure the sections of the stand which come into contact with you instrument are padded in order to avoid damaging your instrument. A good stand will prevent damage to your…
Flute stands are essential accessories for flutists. Designed to securely hold and display flutes when they are not in use, a good stand helps prevent damage to the instrument and provide easy access during performances or practice sessions. Before you buy, it’s always worth considering if you just need a single flute stand, or one…
Before you buy, it’s worth considering if you just need a single clarinet stand, or are you going to need a stand which holds another instrument, such as a flute, as well. Either way, you will need a stable stand which has a good solid base or a tripod design. Padded pegs for the instrument…
As with everything musical, there is a huge range to choose from. I always prefer to stay away from super cheap stands. Your instrument can be worth a lot of money, so why skimp on the stand and risk damage? After all, it’s better to spend a little bit of money on a stand rather…
Guitar. My favourite guitar stand supplier is Hercules. Originator of the auto-grab system, which is so convenient, these are good robust stands. Personally, I prefer stands which hold the neck (vital if you have children and dogs running around), but there are good A frames stands of you are short of space, or just want…
A very simple idea to deal with a very awkward problem: I’ve got my music on a tablet but I’ve got to the bottom of the first of four pages. Now what? How do I turn the page when both my hands are on my instrument? Well not being Zaphod Beeblebrox* and not wishing to…
I’ll be good, I promise, and try to avoid jokes about wind-up merchants, but I don’t promise nuffink. After all this is about a product whose whole purpose is winding things up. Well, strings anyway. On banjos, guitars, mandolins and ukuleles with breakdowns for different types of those instruments, And as if that wasn’t enough…
OK, here’s the scene. You’re playing in an orchestra, you’re at rehearsals and the conductor wants to make some changes to your score. You had a pencil on your music stand but the vibrations from the kettle drums has jiggled it off the stand, heading at speed towards the 1st violins and off the edge…
One thing that a lot of people make a mistake about are music stands. There are two types: cheap ones and more expensive ones. The main difference is you’ll buy a lot more cheap ones than dear ones because the cheap ones will fail quickly, often when it’s least convenient, while the dear ones will…
