Stand solution for mini keyboard?

[Baldwin Funster]

So I have some gigs where I mostly play guitar but want to toss in a synth lead or pad an intro. The board is a JDXi.

So something standing height is best. I tried using a couple of iPad holders clipped to a mic stand but it was bouncy and unstable. I don't really want to use an xstand but I'm unaware of other options.

Anybody solved this?

[kaptainkeys]

Maybe try a stand designed for a laptop, basically an ultra heavy duty music stand.  Something like this.

[Old No7]

You might check out the Gator Heavy-Duty Adjustable Media Tray Stand for <$100.  At first glance, there is a raised lip on 3 sides of the tray -- but I simply put the tray on upside down and positioned the 1/2" raised lip at the bottom -- Voila, it works great for my Tascam DP-24SD.  I'd bet it could work really well for a mini keyboard (and would have room for a mixer or pedals, operated by hand too).  The stand is really well constructed and is VERY stable.

 

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MediaTray2--gator-frameworks-gfw-utl-mediatray2-heavy-duty-adjustable-media-tray-stand]

 

Old No7

[Baldwin Funster]

Thanks gotkeys and oldno7.

Both are very similar and are possibilities. 

The thing I have found with things that are fastened to the post at one point in the middle is when you are hitting keys on one end of the synth, especially in a rhythmic manner, you get the keyboard bouncing under your hand. 

 

[Baldwin Funster]

Someone is going to show me these so I thought I'd just put them up. If you have used them, chime in.

 

https://www.guitarcenter.com/On-Stage/On-Stage-Utility-Tray-for-X-style-Keyboard-Stands-1500000007431.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWMWXGP&gclid=CjwKCAjwj42UBhAAEiwACIhADq-9uwsGI2trTkBo3VtW2PFLsfBDhDXU2XcnLjUJ0uyWBU5YATlQAxoCKrYQAvD_BwE

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KS6150--on-stage-stands-ks6150-compact-midi-synth-utility-stand?

[OB Dave]

I used to have a MicroKorg and I made a simple shelf out of plywood, with wood moulding around the edges to hold it in place. I screwed a microphone flange on the bottom in the center. So I could just stick the board on a mic stand, put the MicroKorg on top et voila! Cheap and easy stand for it and it worked pretty well. Sorry for the terrible photo from the edge of a wide-angle shot, but this is the only one I have handy. 

[Rod S]

I have this one - it's very stable and sturdy.  

 

https://cosmomusic.ca/products/quik-lok-lph003

[Noah DC]

Knox Gear Universal Portable Piano Keyboard Stand (Black), Accordion Style with Adjustable Width and Height

 

30 bucks used. I have one, I put the back of my Mojo 61 on it, it works well. Not sure why folks are recommending stands intended for other purposes that cost way more - I would just buy this kind of accordian-style keyboard stand.

[JimboKeys]

I sometimes set up a Yamaha Reface as a 3rd keyboard using a Gilbraltar GEMS stand (with this extender to bring it to standing height) behind my main 2-keyboard rig.  Nice small footprint, plenty stable for me.

 

- Jimbo

[Baldwin Funster]

I got the accordion stand. Although Amazon tried to steer me away from the $49 one toward an $80 one. Very predatory but that's a different thread. Thanks all.

[Adam Burgess]

I've used a heavy duty 'conductors' music stand, or, as above, a Gibraltar GEMS stand for the couple of times my Minilogue has been out and about.