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.
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