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.
