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I am wishing to buy a keyboard A-frame to put my gear on it in my home studio/office (including my new Stage 2 88 when it arrives).

I have seen some other forum members photos which show their gear on A-frames and would really like some advice as to people's experience/recommendations as to which A-frame I should buy.

I don't have a huge amount of space but ideally I need at least four tiers and for my new Stage 2 to fit (which will probably be my biggest board). I don't know if this makes a difference but I am also 1.9m tall.

Having done some initial reserach I have seen some stands offered by Jaspers Alu-Systeme in Germany (who do stuff for taller players) which have been recommended by some people on other forums. http://www.jaspers-alu.de/eng/index1.html

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to get it right first time.

Many Thanks

Hello Tinpig,
The A frame that I use was made in the eighties and not produced anymore "Keyman Support Systems, Italy".
From my perspective the biggest issues are: that the heavier a keyboard is, "also the harder that you play it" the less stable it seems on an A frame.
I almost always let the bottom large-main piano controller sit under the A frame on it's own more stable stand.

Another issue is that each tier has a sweet spot where the instrument balances as if on a tight rope, if it's too far forward, or too far back... it takes too much tension on the end-clamps to prevent it from spinning and dropping onto the next keyboard down. Often times trying to stay on this sweet spot reduces access to the controls and / or playing surface.

For me, only the bottom three keyboards are really playable, the top ones are usually played via MIDI.
This is my keyboard room in 2002:


The Memorymoog is sitting on two tiers to keep it stable "due to it's heaving bulk".
The Korg Triton Pro-X is on it's own Z stand under the A-frame.

This is my Keyman stand loaded down "it's one of the heartiest stands ever made":


The Jaspers stands look like the quality is good. If I ever need to replace my A frame, I'd certainly consider them.

I hope this helps.
Cheers, Hanon