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Music Keyboard Raiser
Music Keyboard Raiser
When you buy a Roland, Casio, or other make of electronic keyboard, you will often get a stand as well. If you can't sit, however, a stand isn't that helpful because, unless you're extremely short, you'll find that most stands are going to give you neck and back strain—virtually forcing you into bad postures.

This was a problem for me, personally, but I found that a few scrap boards that weren't busy doing anything better were all it took to solve the problem.

I cut a piece of ¼-inch plywood 37 inches by 18 inches, sawed two 2-by-4 pieces 36 inches long and two more 14 inches long, and found some 2-by-2s and sawed four 22 ¾-inch legs. Vary this according to your height and the height of the stand, remembering that looking down somewhat isn't stressful but looking down sharply is.

I used countersunk 3-inch wood screws quite liberally—one wants stability when one has an expensive synthesizer to consider. I screwed together the top framework before I screwed on the legs. (Hint: screw the legs on from both directions for extra strength but don't drill or screw into your own screws.)

Then I screwed down the top, which required smaller and thinner screws. Small nails would have sufficed, in retrospect. The top overhangs the frame boards by half an inch in all directions.
Music Keyboard Raiser
Music Keyboard Raiser