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While the anecdotes of how to deal with problems/interruptions while playing a live performance are certainly interesting, does anyone have any thoughts on what to use to support a laptop computer next to or near the music rack?

Thanks!



Oh! Sorry for the confusion.

When I'm using a real acoustic piano, upright or grand, I simply fold the laptop out flat and place it on the musicboard of the piano.

When I'm using my laptop with one of my MIDI pianos, I use the common black fullsize music stand, placed right behind the MIDI keyboard such that the top part of the stand can be folded into the horizontal. Sometimes is necessary to tighten the bolt on the stand tilt enough that the stand won't begin to turn with the extra weight. Also important in visualizing this is that I turn the black music stand around backwards when in the horizontal, such that the lip of the stand is not in the way. With the laptop sitting with its keyboard flat on the horizontal stand, the screen folds up and is taller than the stand lip.

While one can purchase purpose built laptop stands, I've never had to do that because of the above use of the black metal music stand. And, it generally costs a lot less.


That stand also works as well when I'm playing Guitar and not keyboards. When I do that there is no keyboard directly behind the stand to lean the stand against, so I use some small black bungee cords to hold the laptop to the stand. Get a stand that has wide enough stance at the feet, too, to avoid knockovers. When the going looks really rough, I have an old weight with slot in center that I place over the feet to make the thing rather bottom heavy. Push the top a bit and the whole thing bounces back upright like a weebil toy.


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/hamilton-kb-1e-music-stand


--Mac



OMG! DOH! Mac, You are a genious! I never thought of that simple solution. (I tend to overthink things.)

Thanks!

Kawai VPC1 MIDI Controller; Asus A53E Laptop running Windows 7 - 64 bit; BIAB 2017 UltraPlusPak (upgraded from 2014 EverythingPak), running from Laptop's Hard Drive.