Patent ID: 8636255

Claim:
A stand for a musical instrument, the stand comprising: a ground-engaging base; a post extending from the base; and a clamp assembly attached to the post, wherein the clamp assembly includes a pair of clamping arms, a head-piece, a rotatable cylinder mounted within the head-piece, two racks laterally and inwardly extending from the clamping arms, respectively, and a pinion housed in the rotatable cylinder, wherein the headpiece is mounted on a top portion of the post, wherein the racks lie, at least partially, in parallel relationship with one another, and are located, at least partially, within the rotatable cylinder, wherein the pinion is arranged to engage a toothed section of each of the racks, and can be actuated to variably space the clamping arms relative to one another, along an axis transverse to the post, to detachably engage a respective side of the instrument, when placed therebetween, to hold the instrument in a convenient position for a user to access and play.