Sheet Music Stands & Accessories. Guide to the various types of music Stands, especially sheet music stands, the best brands available & related music stand accessories. Accessories are not just available only for musical instruments, here are parts & accessories available for music stands that will help you get the most out of your purchase.
Accessories for Music Stands
Reading from sheets is an important task that most musicians have to do. Even though there are many musicians who play by ear, basic sight-reading is something that almost everybody who is learning to play a musical instrument, has to learn. And in case, you like playing classical music, then a sheet music stand is something that you will need to use sometime in the future.
There’s also a range of musical instrument stands available to rest your instrument, when not in use.
Floor Protectors
Floor Protectors are useful to protect the flooring from any kind of marks/stains. The best music stands are sturdy which means you have to be careful on hardwood or tile floors while using them. It is also common to move around the music stand, at home, which means you have to be careful to protect against nicks in walls or furniture when moving your music stand. That is why it makes complete sense to use these Floor Protectors.
That is where floor protectors come in handy.
You can use these floor protectors at home, on stage, in the church, or anywhere where the floors need to be protected from stand use.
Use these to prevent those expensive to repair scratches, marks and gouges to wood or tile floors.
- Manhasset #1700 Floor Protectors: Works on all standard Manhasset bases.
- Hamilton KB95FP Music Stand Floor Protectors
Music Stand Bag
A music stand bag is a convenient way of carrying your foldable sheet music stand and accessories, making it a perfect accessory for students and performing musicians.
These feature water resistant, tear-resistant fabric and come with a convenient carrying handle (shoulder strap).
Most of these bags come with heavy duty stitching for extra security, and some even come with an internal divider so you can also carry sheet music /books.
The top-end ones come with internal pockets, external pockets that lets you keep accessories, tablets, and more.
ChromaCast CC-PS-MSB Pro Series Music Stand Bag
Perfect for the traveling musician, this Music stand bag has a creative design, is durable, and has sufficient space to carry your ChromaCast Pro Series Music Stand, and also all your accessories.
2 large internal pockets perfect for storing music lights and accessories. 2 padded external pockets protect your laptop, tablet, music books, and more! Durable zippers, reinforced handle, & shoulder strap for easy transport.
Hercules BSB001 Carry Bag For BS401/411/300B
This is designed for the BS411B/BS401B/BS300B/BS415B?BS405B. It comes with handles and contoured shoulder pad for comfortable carrying. There are separate compartments for desk and stands to prevent scratching. The padded bottom protects both the stand and the bag.
K & M Bag for Rainbow Stands KC
Konig and Meyer Music Stand Carrying Bag is designed for the RAINBOW KC 100/1, 10062 and 10065 STANDS. It is waterproof and features hook-and-loop flap fastener and adjustable shoulder strap.
Hamilton KB12 Carrying Bag for KB400 Series Stands
These Hamilton Carrying bags are designed for KB400 series music stands (and stands of similar sizes). You can use it with other collapsible music stands as well.
CAHAYA Music Stand
This is an inexpensive universal carrying bag that can be used for carrying foldable sheet music stand, microphone stand, guitar stand. It comes with easy to carry handles. Product size 13.3 X 22.8 X 5.9inch.
Music Stand Trays
A music stand shelf (also known as music stand tray or accessory tray) offers the prefect solution to remove the clutter from around the music stand, and provides you with space to keep the frequently used music accessories within reach. You can use this tray to hold reed case, tools, water container or tuners – items that need to be kept within easy reach. Its also convenient to place your bow, rosin or personal stuff.
Want an extra shelf to keep things like pen/pencil, markers, glasses, etc.? A music accessory/tray really helps.
No matter what instrument you play whether, these accessory shelves will indeed come in handy; get storage space at your fingertips.
Music stand trays are usually attached to the music stand tube by a clamp-on holder. The opening on the side allows for quick and easy mounting, whilst a cap on the screw protects against marks being made by the holder.
Here are some of the options available to you, in case you’re looking for a tray (shelf) for your music stand. Find useful accessories such as Accessory Shelf / Tray for Music Stands, to keep things like pencils, tuners.
K&M 12218 Aluminum Tray for Music Stands
Aluminum tray that easily clamps to upright music stands or microphone stand poles. Very useful for keeping metronomes, cellphones, reed knives, pencils, bow or other accessories. The top surface is felt lined with lips on the front and back which prevents items from falling off the tray.
Dimensions: 4 7/8 by 15 1/4 inches (124mm x 387mm). 7/8 inch (22mm) Lips
Fits Posts Up To Approximately 1 1/4 inches (30mm) in Diameter
Thumbscrew Attachment
Manhasset 100 Accessory Shelf
The Manhasset 1100 Accessory Shelf is a music Stand Accessory that works with most music stands. This accessory shelf is an excellent little shelf for such things. This music stand tray is 16 inches long, reduces the clutter, and is easier to turn the sheet pages, without having to worry about these small things falling down.
Pros: Clever solution for keeping pencils, markers, rosin, tuners and even stand light
Cons: Made of plastic, few users wished that the accessory shelf was just a little deeper.
You may want a music stand shelf for several reasons, even though every stand comes with one. Some prefer a bigger one, some want placeholders to keep pencils or the wand, others are just looking for a replacement if the existing stand shelf is broken.
Stagg SCL-ACTR Accessory Tray Music Stand Arm with Clamp
This Accessory Tray can be attachable to any music stand, microphone or cymbal stand. It has a metal structure with rubber anti-skid clamp. The tray can be used to hold a variety of instrument accessories. Its easy to set up and fits most major manufactured music stands.
Accessory Shelf
Though every stand comes with one, you may want a bigger one or if your existing shelf is broken, you may want a replacement. In either case, you can choose from a variety of accessory shelves for your needs.
Accessory Box
This is a small box that can be placed below the shelf, and gets clamped to the stem of the stand. Its good for storing things like pencils, erasers or even the wand (baton) that music conductor’s use.
Music Stand Lights
A music stand light helps you see your music more clearly, be it on stage or at home. You can choose from a variety of high-quality music stand lights (battery powered or mains power) and some of these clip on to a music stand. A music stand light adequately illuminates your music so that you can focus only on your performance.
A Music stand light clamps easily to the music stand so that you and other musicians can read the sheet music even if there is not sufficient light around.
You can also use these for other purposes; for instance, reading a book.
You may choose from a traditional or a contemporary design as per your tastes. The LED design comes with different brightness settings. Some designs come with an adjustable arm (rather than a clip) that can be used to position the overhead lamp in a manner that throws the best light on the music sheets.
There are music stand lamps that come with dual heads as well, each of which is flexible and can be turned around. The ability to turn the heads gives you more control over the light as you can direct them to the appropriate areas of the sheet music to make it brighter.
Mighty Bright Duet 2 LED Music Light
Mighty Bright Duet LED Music stand lights are professional grade music light for orchestras, bands, and performers who play under controlled lighting. It comes with four different light level options, and dual flexible arms that gives you more options to focus the lights on the sheets. The light heads have separate switches, meaning they can be turned on or off separately. These can be powered by AC adapter or AAA batteries.
Related Accessories / Parts
Over time, if you want to replace any specific part, its quite easy to do so. Be it desks, shafts, bases, any hardware or fasteners, shaft-locks or table-locks, you can find any of these.
Some models provide space on the stand, particularly useful for conductors, to keep the baton or pencils/markers. However, you also have the option or going in for an Accessory Box that attaches to the stand, and provides you all the music storage that you need when performing.
It attaches right below the music stand desk and can be easily attached or removed. Now you can conveniently store and access supplies and accessories such as pencils, valve oil, mouth pieces, rosin, cleaning supplies, reeds, etc. Some of these boxes also come with a built-in holder to keep your water bottle.
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