[Trombone-l] Horn Stands

[Bill Dinwiddie]

Good idea. Maybe I will just take the horn tonight without the case. On 
second thought, about 3 years ago, two guys knocked my friend Loren over in 
the middle of Lawrence Ave. and he was carrying the horn in a hard case. He 
fell on the case and the guys took off. Even paranoid people have enemies!

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moran, Doug" <morand at denison.edu>
To: "List Trombone" <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Horn Stands


> 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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