Out with the old...

I've been upgrading my practice area.  Up to a few weeks ago I was using the same music stand that my parents bought for me when I first started playing the flute.  Here is a photo of it when it was new!

It has served me well for over 30 years but I thought it was probably time to upgrade!

So I've treated myself to this.

I should probably have taken a before picture.  In it you would have seen lots of music books strewn over the floor as my old stand would generally fall over when more than 1 book was put on it!  I also had a tendency to forget where I had put down my metronome, water, tuner, reeds, pencil.  They would be scattered on various surfaces around the room and then need to be tidied away when I needed to do other things.  They now have their own shelf to live on.   The stand itself is much sturdier with a deeper ledge which can hold all my music at once!

I also bought myself a new digital metronome.  My previous, wind up, one was also bought by my parents only a mere 25 years ago.  It had been well used but setting it had become a matter of guesswork as the numbers had rubbed off, it needed rewinding every 2 minutes and did not always keep very good time.

Having a good practice area is so important and I love having mine organised now.