building a keyboard stand [Archive] - Music & Musician Forums

Peg Dizzler

01-13-2007, 10:13 AM

Yeah, real simple and all, and it's just something to give me some practice with things like this.
It's pretty self-explanatory really, but I want it to be height adjustable. Except.. I can't think of any way to make it height adjustable, and easily changeable too. :confused:

I was thinking telescopic legs would be cool, but I have no clue where I'd get something like that. I'm sure someone has a better idea...

fortyseven

01-13-2007, 10:45 AM

Yeah, real simple and all, and it's just something to give me some practice with things like this.
It's pretty self-explanatory really, but I want it to be height adjustable. Except.. I can't think of any way to make it height adjustable, and easily changeable too. :confused:

I was thinking telescopic legs would be cool, but I have no clue where I'd get something like that. I'm sure someone has a better idea...

There's a thread in the guitar forum about making a footstool like this...

http://www.guitaraffecs.com/footstoolL_wood.jpg

In theory, your keyboard stand is practically the same, except, it doesnt have a solid top, just the X-frame.

However, if you look how the height is adjustable on the footstool... You could get a piece of metal, and cut a line out of it, with a set of notches to adjust the height, bolting one side of it to one leg, and having a bolt on the other side that's not screwed in as tight (something to catch the notches) you should be able to adjust the height...

Thonk

01-13-2007, 09:18 PM

http://images.finecases.com/products/B0046/images/bd250.jpg

The same way as that.

edit: i think that's fortyseven was getting at.. *shrug*

fortyseven

01-14-2007, 02:45 AM

http://images.finecases.com/products/B0046/images/bd250.jpg

The same way as that.

edit: i think that's fortyseven was getting at.. *shrug*

Yeh, that picture explains it better as well :)

Peg Dizzler

01-14-2007, 09:47 PM

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm looking at. You guys caught on. :)

I might actually have a top on it or something, like that footstool. I suppose it'd be the easiest way.

EADG

02-17-2007, 05:14 PM

I might actually have a top on it or something, like that footstool. I suppose it'd be the easiest way.

I recommend you don't, it will just add weight and make transportation more difficult.

You can just put rubber on it, it will provide enough friction to hold the keyboard in place.