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Topic: Keyboard stand...how wide is it? |
Jim Williams
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Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 23 Apr 2013 12:02 pm |
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I've been thinking about buying a low priced keyboard stand to use with my lap steel. I was wondering, when these are used in the lowest position for sitting, what is the space between the supports? I know they will probably vary a little between brands, but a ball park estimate would be helpful. I'm about 5'8" and weigh about 225, so needless to say I don't really have much of a "lap". 
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Last edited by Jim Williams on 23 Apr 2013 1:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 23 Apr 2013 1:16 pm
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Hey Jim. It probably depends on the type. FWIW, I have one of the cheap X style stands. Adjusted to be about as high for a keyboard while seated at my pedal steel, it measures about 28" to the outside of each bar where your steel would be placed.
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Jim Williams
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Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 23 Apr 2013 1:23 pm
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That helps a lot, as that is what I am looking at getting. I just wanted to make sure it isn't too wide for my old Gibson to sit on safely. Probably looking the one that Amazon has for $15. I bought a little cheapie folding table at Walmart to use, but it is a little too big and cumbersome to set up. Thanks.
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2013 3:06 pm
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I use one of those old folks walkers,the one with wheels on the front legs and tennis balls on the rear legs.18 in. From left to right handles.I generally use mine standing up,but the legs are adjustable.I bought a grass skirt from the party store to wrap around the front. I use water heater pipe insulation on the handles
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 23 Apr 2013 4:41 pm
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You can do a nice carpeted board to go on the stand, and put your guitar on top of that. Some hardware stores have some clips the brooms and mops snap in to, you could use those underneath the board so it securely sat on the stand.
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Jim Williams
From:
Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 23 Apr 2013 5:04 pm
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Thanks for the suggestions guys.
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Hal Braun
From:
Eustis, Florida, USA
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2013 1:11 pm
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Jim,
Here's a stand I made from a key-board stand. It is 36" from the floor to the bottom of the guitar. I made a little platform (on the left) for picks and bar.
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2013 3:16 pm
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Jim, here's one I did a few years ago. I had big ideas on this one, but it worked fine as is and so I never went any further with it.
HTH.
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