{"id":1141,"date":"2019-02-01T19:01:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/mhs123_spring2019\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2019-04-01T23:50:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T23:50:35","slug":"music-stands1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/mhs123_spring2019\/uncategorized\/music-stands1\/","title":{"rendered":"music stands!!1!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You might think that finding music stands at a music school shouldn\u2019t be a problem. Wrong. Finding a music stand in the annex is one of the hardest challenges you\u2019ll face at Eastman. Musicians always talk about recording devices, recital halls, more expensive instruments etc., but no one ever talks about music stands?! Let me show you some examples of how hard musicians\u2019 lives would be without music stands: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other replacements for music stands include window sills, chairs and pianos. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tried to find out who invented music stands and what they originally looked like but unfortunately couldn\u2019t. This suggests that music stands have been around for a very long time. However, I did find this painting called \u201cChurch singing, Tacuinum Sanitatis\u201d from 14th<\/sup> century, which gives us an idea of what stands might have looked like centuries ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look at the stand in the painting. It\u2019s made up of thick wood and is probably extremely heavy. It doesn\u2019t seem to be adjustable, as the children in the painting are craning their necks to see the music. Today, we can easily adjust the height of the stand so that it can suit people of various heights. Not only that, plenty of improvements have been made to music stands to make our lives so much easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most music stands these days are made up of metal, that are lighter than wood and are still steady. Most come with adjustable height and tilt function. Some have knobs attached to them, and some have automatic friction slides so that you can just easily push the head of the stand to adjust the height. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is my personal favourite type of music stands, as it has an extra accessory shelf that lets you put things like pencils, reeds, tuner etc. I always carry a shitload of stuff with me all the time so this extra storage room makes my life so much easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One disadvantage music stands have is that it is too heavy and big to carry around. Thankfully there are these things called foldable stands that lets you fold it to make it easier to carry around, and is also significantly lighter in weight. One downside of these portable folding music stands have is that they aren\u2019t very sturdy. They usually have metal spring arm extensions to hold sheet music in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To make music stands more awesome than they already are, there are stand accessories such as clip-on light, attachable instrument stands, clip-on page holder and phone\/drink holders. It\u2019s pretty wild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m now realising that it\u2019s kinda hard to write 600 words about music stands.. especially because there doesn\u2019t seem to be much information about it. Unbelievable.. Music stands deserve way more credit than it\u2019s getting. Music stands are an absolute necessity for musicians. You can\u2019t even dreeeam of having a functioning orchestra without music stands! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I\u2019ll post my blog online somewhere public. Let me know what you guys think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/simple.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_stand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_stand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.musiciansfriend.com\/stand-accessories-parts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music Stand<\/a><\/blockquote>