Re: waist high gear

["Doug Cox" <dougcox@pdq.net>]

Rick,
Great post, and I've considered it myself.  I'm by no means a craftsman, 
but
I do know what I like. :)  It seems like common-sense ideas/products for
modern performance styles are hard to find.

For instance, I wonder why there's not a whole series of shelves, 
platforms,
tabletops, etc. that simply screw on to 1 or more mic stands?  Mic stands
are ubiquitous in the live performance world.  Every live music venue has
one.  For larger/heavier applications, one could offer something that uses 
2
or 3 or 4 mic stands as it's base, and has free-turning sleeves to screw
down onto the stand.  Am I missing something, or is this non-existant?

For what it's worth, I've tried different things as easily portable
"tables", and I'm sticking with keyboard x-stands for now.  I can carry 1
x-stand and a 24x16 piece of plywood, and I've got a sturdy, relatively
unobtrusive table for my rack to sit on close to me.

Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: waist high gear


> Another solution that I'm surprised not to have heard about so far is
> that percussionists have many different sizes of 'tray's to choose from
that
> either attach to cymbal stands or to drum rack stands.  Just go to Latin
> Percussion, Toca Percussion,
> Pearl Percussion, Yamaha Percussion of Meinly percussion sites to find 
>out
> what's available.
>
> Normally, cymbal and drum rack equipment is prohibitively expensive, but 
>I
> see cymbal stands every week at the Santa Cruz flea market from $10 - 
>$50.
>
> I'm really surprised that some one really enterprising hasn't started to
> explore this market.
> The fact of the matter is that they are making backpacks that hold a
hundred
> pounds that use materials that only weigh a few ounces.
>
> It seems like some of this technology could be used to start inventing
> versatile and collapsible stands
> for stage shows.      The mixer stand that someone suggested is really
cool
> but it doesn't collapse and
> weighs a ton which just doesn't work if you are getting around in a small
> car like I am.
>
>
>