Amazon Basics Keyboard and Piano Stand, Adjustable Height, Portable Single-X-Shape, Black

It works but the music stand is not strong enough to hold any weight. See photo.

So far, I’m thrilled with this thing. Very sturdy & well made for the price relative to other stands, as far as I can tell. Quite easy to assemble.

I run a community band, and I furnish all the stuff that the band members can't be expected to provide themselves, e.g; percussion instrument and accessories, PA system. I like to be able to use some of the same items for other musical groups I am involved in as well, so flexibility and utility are important, and since I am not made of money, price is a consideration.In this band, we need to have a stand for the bass drum, another to hold a set of orchestra bells, and on occasion, an electronic keyboard. Having one kind of 'universal' stand that will work for all of these as well of for other purposes is desirable.I have settled on the common "X-stand" design which seemingly everyone makes. The first one I bought cost over $100 (big brand name). So I went looking for something very similar, but more affordable, and selected this "Amazon Basics Classic Adjustable Keyboard and Piano Stand - Single-X".As a 'single-X' design, it is not as strong or rigid as a 'double-x'/'dual-X'/'2-X' design, but then it is lighter weight and less costly than those.Essentially, when unfolded this product forms an 'X' shape with a pivot in the middle, and an easy detent-adjustment there which allows for five (5) unfolded configurations. The 'X' frame is comprised of square tubular steel. At the bottom of the two bottom legs of the 'X' are two cross feet comprised of round tubular steel, with rubber bumpers/caps on the ends. At the top of the top arms of the 'X' are two cross bars comprised of similar round tubular steel, again with rubber bumpers/caps on the ends. The bottom bumpers are the 'feet' of the stand, and the top bumpers are the grippy surfaces that support whatever you decide to set on top of the stand.The configuration adjustment is made by pulling on a spring-loaded knob to retract a pin from a curved plate with five holes along its edge, and then the 'X' can be rotated to a taller but narrower shape, or a shorter but wider shape, five variations in all; the spring-loaded knob's pin goes into any of the five holes on the curved plate, forming the 'detent' feature. There is NO detent for the fully closed/folded configuration (some of the similar stands by other makers DO have a closed detent).Of the four feet on this stand, three are normal round bumpers, while the fourth one has a special shape with a kind of spiral wedge design and since it is not glued to the steel tube it is on, it can be rotated to be a bit thinner or thicker where it meets the floor, allowing the user to adjust for uneven surfaces so the stand does not rock. Even the expensive stand I own does not have this nice feature.The stand weighs 6.5 pounds (about 3 kg). The manual states that the stand can hold a maximum of 66 pounds (30 kg).Folded, the stand measures at 40.5" tall, 14" (top) and 16" (bottom) wide, and 3" thick.All metal parts are painted black. Except for the bumpers and the detent knob, the whole thing is steel (I think, not absolutely sure).The five unfolded configurations measure as denoted below. Keep in mind that, regardless of configuration, the top is always 14" front to rear, while the bottom is always 16" front to rear:1) 39" high x 12" wide left to right......this might be useful as a podium if a board or something were placed across the top2) 37" high x 17" wide......with a board across the top, this could form a percussion table for drum sticks, etc; or to hold a set of orchestra bells. In a pinch, a snare drum or similar could be set on it.3) 34" high x 23" wide......could hold an electronic keyboard for a standing player, or a set of orchestra bells4) 30.5" high x 27.5" wide.....same uses as configuration 3, or to hold a small bass drum5) 26" high x 32" wide.....could hold an electronic keyboard for a sitting player, or to hold a large bass drumAssembly:The stand comes in a box and requires some assembly before use. The 'X' frame is already assembled, so the owner just needs to attach the four round tubular cross feet/arms to the ends of the 'X' tubing. Each 'X' frame tube end has a recessed nut welded into it, with a long screw already installed in the nut. Each cross feet/arm has a pre-drilled hole near its center, with one end of the hole recessed for a counter-sunk screw head. A small "Allen" wrench is provided to use with the screws. Just remove a screw, pass it through the hole in a cross foot/arm, and back into the recessed nut, using the wrench to tighten. Repeat for the other three screws, and assembly is complete.A plastic holder for the Allen wrench fits around one leg of the 'X' frame, and the owner can leave this in place or remove it.A sheet of instructions in eight languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and three more Slavic/Eastern European) with one illustration. The instructions sort of mention that the two feet tubes are 16" long while the two top tubes are 14" long, but the way it provides this information is not the clearest and this could easily be missed by some buyers. The instructions totally fail to mention that each of the four round tubular pieces needs to be rotated with the counter-sink dimple away from the end of the X-frame when putting the screw through, and that each of those four tubes must go on in only one of two possible arrangements; this is to compensate for the offset resulting from the two 'X' frame members being like the sides of a scissors, and thus offset from each other. The holes through the round tubes are similarly offset to allow a balanced final assembly. If this important step is missed, the resulting stand will be very gangly and possibly unstable, not to mention funny looking. Even though I kinda knew that this could be an issue, I still managed to get two of the four assembled incorrectly on the first pass.Overall, this seems like a good product, decently fabricated, or good materials. I mostly mark it down a bit for the iffy-instructions and the lack of a closed-detent.

Very good basic stand; solid steel yet light. Movable cylinder pads (over top/bottom legs). Easy pin height adjustment (I particularly like the push instead of pull to move through the holes!). Good minimum and maximum height range (sitting or standing). All in all what's not to like?Well, one little thing... not sure if this was a return (wasn't supposed to be) but I didn't get the Allen wrench to do the fastening (fortunately I have tons of them), and I also didn't get directions. It took a few minutes after shaking for hardware to notice that the Allen screws were inserted into the ends of the legs! I had to unscrew them, put on the brackets, then screw them back. However, since I also didn't have directions, I assembled it and it was all uneven and wobbling! It took a few minutes to understand that the brackets are different lengths, and the holes are drilled differently into each pair! So I had to some "dry fitting" to make sure everything lined up and didn't even (there IS a specific placing of right/left/top/bottom brackets!). Instructions would have easily explained all this but I didn't have any. If they don't give them, I would knock off 2 stars here. But I'll assume they do. Otherwise I went with all 5 because the stand is as advertised and a good basic one for the price.

The single model is super easy to adjust and holds my Yamaha EZ300 well. The price is reasonable and assembly was simple, taking less than ten minutes. The four screws for assembly are already screwed in to their position and you'll need to back them out. There is no bag of screws. I had to enlarge one screw hole a tiny bit for which I used the included Allen wrench.

It fits!!

This was a perfect gift for my 8 year old Grandson. He already had the keyboard. It was easy to assemble and it was very sturdy.

The stand was mostly usable but was incredibly wobbly, and the adjustable leg piece didn't solve the problem no matter what leg I put it on. Returned it.