Trying to figure out a good way to view music at my Kronos

mgibian · Post by **mgibian** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:08 am

I love my Kronos, and for the most part love the stand I have for it. But, even after a few years I haven't found a good, not to even think of great, solution for viewing music while playing my Kronos.

The stand I have is a two-tier stand. The bottom tier hold the kronos, the top I use for a shelf holding my studio monitors, mixer, and a few things. The top tier does not tilt (yeah, it could have, but didn't make sure it had that option when I bought it), and is too high to just place some kind of holder on it. I've though off clamping some kind of holder to it, but haven't seen anything that does that.

I HAD been thinking sheet music and music book, but I'd be happy with a large enough display or tablet. Whichever, it would have to be a touch screen so I can change pages without having to go find a laptop keyboard hanging around somewhere. Tablets seem to small for my old eyes, except for possibly the ipad pro, but that's pretty pricey. I've been thinking of just a monitor connected to my laptop, but I'd have to have a reasonable way of changing pages while playing and monitor cables tend to be large and difficult to wrangle ... I haven't checked yet, but a wireless connection between laptop and monitor would be ideal.

Finally, I need to replace my laptop soon. Its many years old so large, underpowered, and the two USB ports (yeah, its a cost-reduced model that I bought after being layed off) are starting to have problems (its a windows machine and the mouse driver keeps uninstalling and installing ... I think pretty soon it won't recognize the mouse or other USB devices) ... Anyone have recommendations...? This time around I don't have to skimp on budget, but I also still need to keep the cost "reasonable".

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:40 am

I just use a music stand. Could you fit one behind your keyboard stand? It folds in different ways and can also tilt in different ways. That might be an inexpensive route to try.
Can't help you with laptops though. I know nothing about them.

aron · Post by **aron** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:24 am

PM'ed you re: iPad etc...

mgibian · Post by **mgibian** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:54 am

Due to the second tier on my stand, a simple music stand can't get close enough, unless I play with my head turned almost 90 degrees, and that just won't work for me.

psionic311 · Post by **psionic311** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:01 am

One solution is to use a sheet music holder that has a clamp. You can tighten the clamp to either the stand or the top shelf, and this will allow you to adjust the arms of the sheet music stand to a comfortable position.

This one might be too big and heavy for what you need, but Amazon is great about having additional links to similar products:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FOT ... ge_o08_s00

I'm currently using this one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OR ... ge_o01_s00

I've got this gooseneck LED light doubling as a page-holder to keep sheet music books open:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011U6 ... ge_o03_s00

The same idea holds for an iPad holder that has a large clamp.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JXZ ... ge_o00_s00

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