Mix Margaret Dylan Jones

Piano music sheet holders: rigid or foldable (portable).

To my students and others: DRAFT in-progress: When I'm next reunited with my two pianos I'll take better photos and will measure the dimensions. I recommend waiting until I've got that completed before you start making either of these but In the meantime this will help you to start thinking about it.

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Most pianos and electric keyboards have very small music holders that are quite inadequate, so I recommend making much bigger ones.

The first one below was made by for me by my brother, Lawrence, many years ago. We were experimenting a bit with the cut out sections but they're useless, so just go for a plain design.

Being made of wood and rather large it's too big and heavy to use on anything other than an acoustic piano or similar. I wouldn't try it on a keyboard stand (see below for a better solution for that situation).

There is masking tape along the bottom to stop pages slipping off.

The home-made stand sits on the piano's built-in stand.

The back has felt-like material to prevent scratches, rattles & buzzes. It runs over the entire surface, including the underneath section that sits on the piano's own music stand.

A plastic (original) music stand on a digital piano.

The same plastic stand with a home-made portable folding stand sitting on it. This is made from a business bookkeeping log book purchased at a newsagent/stationery shop, with the pages cut out using a stanley trimmer. It's opened up and a large rule is clipped to it to provide stability. Other clips are to secure the sheet music scores.

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