AboutLynne May Expertise Any question relating to guitar playing: scales, chords, music theory, arpeggios, soloing, chord progressions, key signatures, buying a guitar, guitar tabs, writing guitar music, musical styles including rock, blues and classical.
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Experience I have played guitar for 30 years. Fifteen years of that time I spent traveling nationwide as a performer. I have owned and operated May Music Studio in Washington state for the last 20 years. I also teach piano and drums.
Recently I have started a website which provides absolutely free music lessons:
http://www.may-studio-music-lessons.com
My name is Will Hart.I am in the Engineering Design and Development class at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. For my project, I have to validate that improvements to guitar stands are necessary. Do you believe, from your experience with handling guitars and guitar stands, that there could be improvements made? For example, have you ever had damage to one of your guitars from the guitar being bumped out of the stand? Do you wish that placing the guitar in the stand could be both instant and secure?
I'd appreciate your feedback,
-Will Hart
Answer Hi, Will--
I certainly support your research. In my opinion, the way that guitar stands are currently designed
could definitely be improved. The swivel motion of the holder is prone to dumping guitars, especially those placed min the stand by inexperienced users such as students.
It would be nice if the bottom holder portion could be stable and maybe fold for transporting purposes. Another nice improvement would be for the cushioning at the bottom and top to be made of some more durable kind of material that would not crack and rot.
