I get a keyboard stand and cut a piece of wood to suit. I have several of these pieces of wood cut in different ways, and it works great. One has a keyboard drawer. If you can find someone to do it, you can slope the thing by putting a 2x3 or some such piece of wood near the back and a lip in the front to ensure the laptop won't fall off... I have 3 'covers', ie the piece of wood is a 1 X 6 or 8 and around the edge is velcro and I have a blue cover, a tartan cover, and a cover with a big shriner's logo in the middle. If the wife and i are going a celtic gig, I hide my legs and cables with this. She's still got the legs so she has a stool beside me so no one looks at me. The neat thing is if you do it right, you fold up your cloth, the keyboard stand folds, bungee the board and the keyboard stand together and you are good to go.

I even have one with the little mixer on a 45 degree angle, resting on the front lip of the board, and a piece of wood to hold it up so I can see it better. Add a little light like the xtra flex led music light and you can see in the dark!

John Conley
Musica est vita