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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018061209174173549-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > That's interesting.  I absolutely love the new setup, just because I can   
   > stand up.  Weird huh.  I see all these ' double instrument ' guys sitting   
   > so they can play keys and guitar, but that's really not a good plan for   
   > me. It's all personal preference, but wow, standing up works far better in   
   > my case.   
      
   When I was very little, I remember seeing delivery vans where the drivers   
   actually stood up to drive them - can't find very much about them   
   online...looks like someone wants all that covered up...but while I'd   
   certainly like to see what it's like driving standing up, I've already   
   experienced standing to play keyboards and I definitely much prefer being   
   seated when I play.   
      
   > We had a band rehearsal yesterday. Not a particularly good session, but   
   > one thing really showed up for me, I'm a lot happier standing.   
      
   Not me!   
      
   > The reason is I don't have to lean over to reach the keyboard, and so my   
   > guitar doesn't swing forward on the strap and bang into something. For   
   > that to work, I need the keyboard up high, much higher than my x stands   
   > will go, by about a foot, maybe two feet.   
      
   Since all I play is  keyboards, I don't have that problem.   
   Of course, I do get quite sore quite often sitting at the keys...because I   
   never want to get up from them ;)   
      
   > Ok, that's the same top section as I bought. I already have severel of the   
   > bottom parts, the X stand.  It really is a great setup, at least so far.   
      
   I bought the set, complete with a heavy duty single braced lower section   
      
   > I modified mine by taking the ends off the shelf arms and putting   
   > extension tubes inside them.   
      
   What are shelf arms? Sounds like your stand is different from the ones I'm   
   familiar with.   
      
   > I had some old bike frame material that exactly fit inside the shelf   
   > tubes. This let me extend the top keyboard position forward a few inches,   
   > and that works a lot better for me. The extension tubes are simple and   
   > held in place by wrapping some duct tape on the joints. Right now, they   
   > extend the shelf tubes by 3.5 inches, and that seems about right.   
      
   I've never seen a keyboard stand with a shelf.   
      
   > Didn't know about that one. I'll check it out.   The 7575 was only like,   
   > 14 dollars or something, well worth what it cost.   
      
   The newer model has mountings for digital equipment too.   
      
   > I put a small boom on mine, It works ok, but not perfect. The problem is   
   > if I swing the boom, it untightens the locking ring   
      
   I'd probably opt for a gooseneck so it can stay out of the way a bit more   
   than a boom can.   
      
      
   more later, ,,,, I got a call I need to deal with with ...   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   More band gigs? ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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