JHS KS17 Black Heavy Duty Keyboard Stand

Good on its own but not with Yamaha YPT200-K - The stand is advertised with Yamaha YPT200-K Portable Keyboard With 61 Full Size Keys. But the keyboard doesn t sit steadily on the stand. The stand is meant for some other keyboard, not ypt200-k one for sure. But, the stand on its own is sturdy. It was very easy to assemble, though it doesn t come with any instruction manual. I managed to position my ypt200-k on the stand (just because I was lazy to return it), but I just have to make sure that I don t move the keyboard around the room. And be very careful when kids go near it.If you are buying this for ypt200-k, I would recommend not to.

Sturdy but confusing - My husband and I are musicians, well used to setting up all sorts of stands and equipment.This stand had us flummoxed.It is very well built, sturdy, and the adjustable height locking nut seems very secure.However it came with no assembly instructions, and got us rather confused.The box contains one X part, 2 long bars with rubber feet, and two shorter bars with rubber feet.Each bar has a hollow end, where the rubber foot is a cap, and a solid end where the rubber foot is a ring around the bar.The holes for the shorter bars are staggered to allow for the offset of the X brace (one bit is behind the other obviously).However, working out which one went where was more difficult than it seemed at first, as whichever way the short bars were put on, the solid cap ends were facing different directions, and the bars themselves were not aligned as we would expect them to be once assembled.

Take care with suitability for your KB - Advertised together with the YPT200 but doesn t fit it! The heights available do not provide a stable platform for fitting of the YPT 200 and the horizontal struts at the top are too wide to fit the grooves underneath the KB.So, as a stand it s probably fine but I m more than a little annoyed that it is advertised with a KB it is clearly not suitable for.

Excellent for the price - Received this item today and it s very sturdy and easy to assemble (2 mins with the included Allen Key). The rubber pads hold the keyboard firmly in place with no noticeable movement. It felt so secure that I actually lifted the stand with keyboard atop to another place in the room and again no movement despite the stand being tilted as I moved it.The locking / adjusting mechanism requires a substantial effort to change settings which gives confidence that the stand isn t going to collapse mid-performance! The adjustable height levels are very sensible and suitable both for sitting and standing. Finally, the stand folds away compactly for storage.Do yourself a favour and buy this stand and something for £2 to get free Super Saver Delivery. Although that takes it to the same price (£15) as Argos budget stand the difference is like night and day. This stand wouldn t be out of place in a recording studio whilst the Argos stand wouldn t be out of place in a scrapyard.

Does the job. - Its a simple product, so 5 stars would be going overboard, but it certainly does the job. Four alan-key type screws hold the 4 bars to the X frame (alan key supplied), and then a sprung mechanism lets you choose the height - there s a half-moon piece with holes drilled in it, located on the pivot point of the X frame, and a peg which you pull out and which springs back into whichever hole you line it up with, securing the frame at your chosen height. Simple. Assembled in under 5 minutes.