Instrument Stands

Various stands are good for holding instruments while they are not being played.
Perhaps the musician likes it sitting out in the studio as a reminder to play daily.
Maybe sometimes she plays more than one instrument during a given performance.
It could be he's just posing one for a picture because he's making an online museum!

Guitar stands are common and come in variety of styles.
 

This oak stand is holding three guitars and a bass.

This was sold as a trombone stand.
I've used it as a trumpet stand equally well.

Here's a saxophone stand. It has a peg for a clatinet.
A woodwind player often doubles on these two.

This handy flute stand clips to a music stand.

This homemade stand holds flute, trumpet, and clarinet.
It is not common for the same musician to play all three.

Here's one that has seen better days. At least, I hope it has!

This stand is for a . . . uh . . . well, you tell me.
 

~ FURTHER READING ~

I first bought a stand for my trombone when I began playing in an orchestra.
There were passages in which the trombones were counting many measures of rest.
Previously, I played in a marching band; there was no rest for the weary there.
One day, the director said that we were going to the field without instruments.
"Just leave your instruments on your chairs and meet me outside," he said.
That didn't sound safe to me, so I set mine on the floor, right against the wall.
When I came back in—you guessed it—someone had stepped on it and bent it!