[Trombone-l] Horn Stands

[Moran, Doug]

Thanks Bill.  Good general advice.  Just wanting to know if someone has 
built a better mousetrap, and the answer might be maybe.

Can't be used as a threatening personal protector though if it is in 
your bell, in your case.  Maybe if you just take your horn without the 
case, that would probably keep them away...

I have the K&M, but I think it says UMI on it.  Still have the blue bag 
it came it, but it looks pretty bad these days.

Doug


On Jun 2, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Bill Dinwiddie wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> I have not used one of these stands and so cannot speak from personal
> experience, but I will say this: "LOOK OUT!"  Any stand that is that 
> light
> is almost sure to tip over at the slightest bump. The center of 
> gravity of a
> trombone is just too high to trust it to one of those light weight 
> stands.
> IMHO, the only thing that really keeps your horn safe when it is 
> parked on a
> 'bone stand is the sheer weight of the stand. The stand I am presently 
> using
> (a 3 legged K&M) is rather heavy, but it is very hard to knock over. 
> If a
> drunken customer hits it while falling to the floor, well, it's going 
> to go
> down along with my horn. But, in my extensive career, I have seen this
> happen maybe once. I always make sure that my rig is away from 
> customers and
> hopefully protected by a chair or a music stand or something.
>
> The other good thing about a heavy horn stand is that, when someone 
> sees me
> walking down the street here in downtown Chicago at 2 AM on the way to 
> my
> car, carrying a big silver chunk of what is obviously metal, they tend 
> to
> steer clear of me. I don't threaten anyone, I just carry it in my right
> hand. I never put it in the case because that way my "protection" is 
> not
> visible, and besides the darn thing might dent my horn.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Bill Dinwiddie
> billdin at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyone seen one of these Hercules Trombone Stands, or better yet used
> one?
>
> <http://www.herculesstands.com/travlite/DS420B.html>
>
> (URL between the "<" and ">")
>
> Doug
>
>
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