Keyboard Support Clamp for Microphone Stand Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Venues often lack sufficient stands for electronic musical keyboards, forcing performers to either bring their own bulky stands or improvise unsuitable supporting arrangements.
Innovation Solution
A portable apparatus that uses two microphone stands to support a musical keyboard, featuring clamping arrangements to securely attach to the stands and a body member that can be inclined for ergonomic use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a dedicated keyboard stand is used, then the keyboard is supported stably, but the stand is bulky and difficult to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus uses microphone stands, which are already present at venues for other purposes, to support the keyboard. This multi-functional approach allows the same stand structure to serve both microphone support and keyboard support functions, eliminating the need for a dedicated keyboard stand that would be bulky to transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The body member acts as an intermediary component that connects to the microphone stand and provides the keyboard support function. This mediator allows the keyboard to be supported using the microphone stand infrastructure without requiring direct integration or modification of the original stand design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a dedicated keyboard stand is transported, then sufficient support is provided, but transportation becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the venue's existing microphone stand infrastructure to provide keyboard support, rather than requiring external performers to bring their own dedicated stands. The microphone stands essentially serve themselves by also supporting keyboards, eliminating the need for additional transportation of keyboard-specific support equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The microphone stand is designed to serve multiple functions - both microphone support and keyboard support - allowing the venue to provide adequate support infrastructure without requiring separate dedicated stands for each function, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining ease of transportation.
3Ease of operation
If improvisation is used to support the keyboard, then transportation is simplified, but suitable supporting arrangements cannot be set up
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into distinct functional components: the body member that contacts and supports the keyboard, and the clamping arrangements that attach to the microphone stand. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while working together to provide reliable support, moving beyond crude improvisation to a structured solution.
Solution Approach 2:
The body member serves as an intermediary that bridges the microphone stand and the keyboard, providing a reliable and suitable supporting arrangement. This mediator ensures that the keyboard is properly supported on the microphone stand infrastructure, transforming the situation from unsuitable improvisation to reliable configured support.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus 2 for supporting a musical keyboard 112 between two microphone stands 100, 106 comprising a body member 4 having a first end portion 6 and a second end portion 8. A first clamping arrangement 10 is provided at the first end portion 6 and configured to releasably clamp a microphone stand 100. A second clamping arrangement 12 is provided at the second end portion 8 and configured to releasably clamp a microphone stand 106. The body member 4 is arranged with respect to the first clamping arrangement 10 and the second clamping arrangement 12 such that, when the first clamping arrangement 10 is clamped to a first microphone stand 100 and the second clamping arrangement 12 is clamped to a second microphone stand 106 which is spaced from the first microphone stand 100, the body member 4 is arranged to support a musical keyboard for use of the keyboard.