[QUOTE=crazymanmichael] colin, for a variety of reasons i couldn't agree with you more about the unsuitability of stands as anything other than very temporary, short term instrument storage, e.g., during a lesson, performance, etc.
but there can be risks invilved in their use even during a performance. some years ago had a friend who was performing at a festival. put her martin on the stand to switch to the banjo for the next tune. whilst singing that song a gust of wind blew the martin not only off the stand but clear off the stage. the result was a broken neck.
lesson: when performing outdoors keep the case nearby and lay them in the case between sets, tunes, etc.[/QUOTE]
An even better lesson: when playing outdoors (or indoors for that matter) don't play the banjo.
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