Re: [AH] What keyboard stand for a "deep" synth?

From Brian Willoughby
Sent Wed, Oct 9th 2019, 03:13

I have two of these, and there is massive space.

http://audiobanshee.com/brianw/photos/20191008-4220.jpg

http://audiobanshee.com/brianw/photos/20191008-4221.jpg

The Oberheim Matrix-12 is deep, and there is full access. I assume that =
the OB-8 is comparable.

I recently saw an OB-8 on stage when Steve Roach performed in Pasadena, =
but I didn=E2=80=99t get a sense of the exact size of the OB-8. Steve =
was using a table. I never took piano lessons - I started on guitar - so =
I never sit to play keyboards. I=E2=80=99m always standing, otherwise =
I=E2=80=99d look like Easy Rider reaching the play the top keyboard.

Brian Willoughby


On Oct 8, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Boniforti Flavio <xxxxxxxxx.x@xxxxx.xxx> =
wrote:
> Hi Brian - thanks for your input as well.
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> You sure that an OB-8 on the lower of that AX-48 and a (let's say) =
MiniMoog over it would result in good access to OB-8's controls?
> Any pics of your setup?
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> F.
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> Am Di., 8. Okt. 2019 um 04:52 Uhr schrieb Brian Willoughby =
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>> My favorite - for looks, ease of portability, and functionality - has =
been the Apex AX-48 Pro for many years. I=E2=80=99m glad to see that =
it=E2=80=99s still a current product after decades (since 1986).
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>> http://www.ultimatesupport.com/apex-ax-48-pro.html
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>> I have more that one keyboard like the Oberheim Matrix-12 with =
significant depth. The optional extended arms help in this respect.
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>> http://www.ultimatesupport.com/tbr-180-18-tribar-arms-pair.html
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>> These are 18=E2=80=9D
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>> Although I rarely pack any of my keyboards for transport out of my =
studio, I still like the way these look. There are no ratcheted joints =
to slip when under-tightened. It just works. And packing them up is =
simple.
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>> If $200 is too much for you, there are cheaper variations, but =
they=E2=80=99re not quite as elegant.
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>> Brian
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>> On Oct 7, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Boniforti Flavio <xxxxxxxxx.x@xxxxx.xxx> =
wrote:
>> > Hi all.
>> > I might need to explain a bit more the subject of this email of =
mine... :-)
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>> > Last Saturday I had a friend of mine visiting me and wanting to =
play my OB-8. He enjoyed it, but "complained" that it was not really =
accessible (besides the keyboard itself). Why? Because it's the lowest =
of a 3-tier Jaspers A-type keyboard stand, where on the middle tier a =
MiniMoog Model D and a CS-5 are sitting. Topmost a Korg MS-20M and my =
OSCar.
>> > Being the OB-8 a synth with much depth, physically speaking, I was =
now wondering what keyboard stand you could suggest me to use, bearing =
in mind that I want to be able to play and edit the sounds on my OB-8 =
while I have another synth over it. I was looking at something like =
this:
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>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DACx3HRy9vlQ
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>> > Of course, the perfect situation would be a single stand for my =
OB-8 and also a single stand for my MiniMoog... but space is always a =
constraint in my studio! :-/
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>> > Thanks for any suggestions!
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