Lightest Weight Music Stand

[Stephen Fine]

Hi. I need to bring a stand with me while I backpack around Europe this summer and I'm hoping to find something very portable. Any advice?

[thom]

A lot of the portables are light. The Hamiltons certainly would be fine and take up little space. I like the Nilton stands which are quite light and convenient, but they are not cheap. Good luck finding one you like.

[matzstudio]

ah, c´mon Lymond. who needs a music stand when backpacking Europe in summer?

[Stephen Fine]

gah. It's for the festival, not the backpacking. I just got the email today saying I needed to bring one. It's a fairly annoying inconvenience, but so it goes.

[Cliff Green]

Yamaha

[lupe0824]

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MSB-C3

I have one of these and they are quite good for traveling. Comes

with a bag.

[oldgeezer]

The very lightest stand is none at all. You can buy something to keep or something disposable when you are done backpacking and go off to the festival.

[Steve_W]

Does anyone have any experience with Shar's Ultra Light Music Stand? I've been curious about this one and it looks like it might fit Lymond's requirements. -Steve

[Rix2357]

I use it as a regular music stand in order to save some money and space instead of buying a regular manhasset stand. Compared to the wire hamilton stands. The weight is about the same. Comparing sturdiness, these are worlds beyond those wire hamilton stands. The legs of this stand spread out further and lock into place more securely. The music shelf itself is a little less wobbly and has the added benefit of adjustable shelf angles. The angles that can be adjusted are a bit limited since the maker chose to use big secure stops rather than finer adjustments. However, these stands take up a little bit more room because the legs use tubular steel and the stem that leads to the shelf is also tubular and bigger in diameter. It takes a little longer to setup since it uses screws to tighten everything up rather than quick adjust latches.

[pandora]

I'm with oldgeezer. Buy it there and sell it again or borrow, but schlepp? Urgh. Maybe there's a way you could mail it to yourself?