Features:

  • Desk: 20" x 13. 5"
  • Floor to Desk Height: 24" to 47"
  • Tubular Steel Tripod
  • Weight: 4. 9 lbs.
  • Quick Clamp Levers
  • Carrying Bag Included
  • One Year Warranty
a little bulky, but the sturdiest packable music stand that I have tried, reasonable price

I carry a music stand to class twice a week. I need a portable stand that is easy to carry and pack and unpack and can hold a binder with 100 pages of sheet music. There are a lot of $10 music stands on Amazon that fold up small enough to put in a backpack, but I have tried a few and they are all too flimsy to hold my music book. This stand folds up into the included carrying case, but is too big to fit in a backpack, so I have to carry it separately, which is OK if I'm not walking more than 1 mile. The case has a shoulder strap that is not plush, but good enough. This is the sturdiest music stand that I have tried that folds up small enough to carry for a moderate distance. It easily holds the weight of my music book. The shelf is big enough that my book never falls off and the shelf is shaped so I can easily turn the pages of my book. Yes, the shelf is plastic, but it seems durable enough and plastic is much lighter weight than steel (for people that carry the stand a lot). The legs and joints on this stand are also much sturdier than the $10 stands. $30 is a very reasonable price for a robust and portable music stand.

Excellent: easy to operate clamps, effective clamps, sturdy, stable, holds 3-inch binder (filled), good carry bag. A bit bulky.

Good features despite some bulk when folded. It has large, easy to operate and effective (1) cam-clamps on the telescoping tubing and (2) turn-knob for adjusting the angle of the desk. The tray is deep enough to hold a 3-inch 3-ring binder. The width spans a 3-ring binder. It's stable and heavy enough to use outdoors in some wind and with heavy binders. The carry-case straps are long enough to enable shoulder or back-pack-style transport. The only drawback is that when folded, it is about 5" by 5" around because the desk consists of 4 sections, each about 4 inches wide (the vertical tubing retracts to about 2 feet long). Previously, I tried two other stands. One is a mid-weight foldable metal stand. It does hold a 1-inch binder and has more heft than the spindly $10 stands, but you end up reading at knee-level because it relies on set screws to fight gravity on the telescoping metal tubing. Also, the adjustment knobs are small and hard to turn. Another model I tried has a solid steel desk that never folds. For transport, the riser tubing and legs come apart and slip into holders on the back of the desk. The desk to tubing connection broke very quickly. We received a replacement connection, but the stand does not feel sturdy due to its design.

Mother-daughter endorsement: I love it, and so does my 12 year old flutist

I got the largest one, with aluminum tubing (lighter weight than steel). I will use it for flute choir, and my daughter is using it at a two week band/orchestra camp. She is 12. Of course, most of the kids have the flimsy metal folding stands that we also have and have been using. I just hate those flimsy stands, though--the ledge often doesn't stay level resulting in music tipping to the left or right, and this also makes pencils fall off the stand, etc. So, I bit the bullet and got the Peak stand. Wow. It's great! I asked my 12 year old how she likes it, and she said, "It's great! It takes a bit of time to get it set up and put away, but I'm getting faster." I said, "Would you rather use the old stand, since it's quicker to use?" And, she said she wouldn't. She loves the Peak stand.

This is a nice, sturdy

This is a nice, sturdy, heavy-duty plastic collapsible music stand. I needed to buy a music stand for our ukulele group. I needed something sturdy enough to hold up the thick 300+ page Daily Ukulele books that we use in class. This stand can handle those books. Many others with lesser, wimpier stands have a difficult time/ are too weak and shaky for that big of a book. Sure it costs a little bit more money, but chances are you're only buying one stand. It folds down pretty easily once you get the hang of it. So far so good. Would recommend highly.

Fabulous Collapsible Music Stand!

Fabulous Product. I've been buying from Amazon for years, but this is the first time I've felt compelled to write a review. I bought the Peak SMS-20 Collapsible Music Stand because I have a company that plays for weddings and corporate parties, so we're playing at a different venue every week. I wanted something collapsible. The selling point to me was the fact that it folds up into a lightweight bag that measures 6" x 27" and gives you options to throw it over your shoulder or pack with the rest of your gear. I was afraid that it might not hold a huge 3-ring binder with at least 200 pieces of 3-hole manuscript paper. I don't know how they did it, but it's solid as a brick, from the base to the 2-3 inch lip that holds all the music. Plus it has two little pieces attached to the top that helps hold your music from flipping pages, outdoors. I couldn't be happier with the product. It's brilliantly conceived, and it actually works. Everyone that does club-dates should have one. This is definitely not a paid review. I bought it directly from Amazon. I had never even heard of the product before.

Perfect music stand for the working musician.

I'm a professional freelance musician, and I've gotten in the habit of leaving certain tools--the ones you may or may not need, but never think to bring--in the car. For the twelve years I had my old full-size vehicle, I'd leave my bass stool, a bag of random cables, a guitar stand, and a music stand in the trunk, after the first few gigs where it turned out I needed a stand and one wasn't provided. For a short while, I tried a wire stand, like a Hamilton KB-70, but it wouldn't hold large folders, and especially fake books, without the threat of falling over. So I acquired a Manhasset stand to leave in my trunk. God knows the trunk could have fit about 50 of those stands in there. I was getting tired of the extra hand needed to schlep that Manhasset around, so I got this. I've now had it for four years, and there isn't so much as a scratch on it. When I moved to a smaller crossover vehicle, it made MUCH more sense to leave this in the car rather than the Manhasset. The Peak stand is at least as sturdy as the Manhasset, with a much wider base, and a little lighter. Because of the clamps, there's no real threat of the stand to start sagging after years of use like with the Manhasset or Wenger stands. My Hercules guitar stand wasn't going to do well being left in that car, so I bought an Ultimate Support folding guitar stand. Big bonus: with some figuring out, the guitar stand fits in the Peak stand's carrying case along with the Peak stand! So my guitar stand is at any gig where I need a music stand, and my music stand is at any gig where I need a guitar stand. I haven't forgotten either since I bought this stand! My only negative takeaways: 1.) The carrying straps on the case are an odd length. They're too long to just want to hold at your side, and too short to wear the case as a backpack. Generally, if I'm playing either upright or electric bass, I'll just hang the case off the neck of my instrument to keep a hand free. Not the greatest solution, but it's worked. 2.) The zipper is very cheap, and the pull is bent simply from zipping the case opened and closed. I'm sure it will eventually break off. 3.) Not really a negative takeaway, but I bought the SMS-50 for the added height, since I'm tall. Turns out I never even use the last extension on the stand, so one of the shorter ones would have done me fine. Not a huge deal, but if there's a significant price difference when you see this review on the different heights, I'd simply go with whatever's cheaper. In short, this stand has done an exemplary job on the hundreds of gigs I've used it on, and it's still in new condition. I definitely recommend this to any working musician!

Happy with the SMS-40

This Peak aluminum stand is night and day compared to my old traditional steel stand. It's easy to assemble, and Way lighter than my steel stand. But the aluminum doesn't feel flimsy, you would have to stomp on it to bend the frame. The collapsible plastic tray holds my thick 3 inch 3 ring music binder without problem. Being plastic, I could see the tray or one of the hinges getting broken some day. The Peak website indicates replacement trays are available (under Parts) without having to purchase a whole new stand. I'm 6' 2" and stand up to play guitar on stage. I like to keep the stand around nipple level when performing, but it would telescope up closer to eye level if that's what I needed. Glad I didn't go with the SMS 50 (the slightly taller version of the the SMS 40) as it would have just added more weight (and cost). If you play outdoor venues a lot, or have rowdy limb-flailing bandmates you might want to go with the more durable and heavy steel versions (SMS 20 or 30). A nylon carry bag is included. The clasps to adjust the height are made of plastic, but seem well made. We'll see if they stand the test of time.

Great stand for folding up small and efficient transport to the performance site

For years, I carried around a music stand I got at the Guitar Center. When you are a regular gigging musician, loose ends can kill you as they mean multiple trips to the car. And when you have to park far away from the performance site, it gets really inconvenient. Plus pieces get lost if separated. This stand solves these problems. Stand itself folds up pretty small, but the real winner is the base for the music. The ledge is wide enough to hold a bit binder with all my music in it, and it folds into a square after flipping back over the folded up legs and main support. This means I can stuff it into a speaker stand case and get it to the performance site with no loose ends. It comes with a case too, which also makes it self-contained and protects it in my speaker stand case. The plastic fold up top of the stand, where you put your music, seems a bit delicate because it's plastic, so I hope it doesn't break. I wish it was metal, but so far, so good.

So far, meets all requirements and expectations

So far, working out great. I'm not a bassist, but I'm a 6'2" singer, and I've long needed a stand that wouldn't force me to look down my nose at the music. This stand does that job well, has the strength to handle a piano-vocal score (and 2 reasonable retaining arms to keep the music open. The music is plastic and lightweight, but the whole stand seems strong and well-designed, quickly disassembled, and packs well in its case for travel. All adjustments can be tightened down, so there's no flopping around of the desk. Again, so far, so good. I like it.

Excellent for travelling musicians! Superior compactness with folding desk.

After using flimsy wire stands that blow over in outdoor concerts, and after lugging standard band stands around to those concerts, I finally bought this one having seen other band-mates using them. They are really sturdy, have a nice wide tripod stance, are very high quality, and the desk folds (with piano hinges) up for travel, but is supremely rigid assembled for performance. It comes complete with carrying bag. It is smaller than a trumpet case all folded up. The only thing to improve on this would be some kind of built-in lamp for those darker-than-expected venues!

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