Patent ID: 7326845

Claim:
A music stand device for a musical instrument, comprising: a music score plate that holds a musical score on a musical score holding surface thereof while being tilted backward in a standing position; a mounting member mountable on a roof plate of the musical instrument, and having one end; a fixing member fixed to said musical score plate and having one end thereof rotatably supported by the one end of said mounting member, said fixing member having another end; a supporting member having one end thereof rotatably supported by the other end of said fixing member and having another end thereof engaged by a part of said mounting member to thereby maintain said musical score plate in the standing position; and an engaging member that is provided in the roof plate in opposed relation to said mounting member, wherein said musical score plate has a lower end surface thereof in the standing position thereof disposed at an acute angle to the musical score holding surface, and said mounting member comprises an engaged part provided in association with said engaging member and engageable with said engaging member to temporarily fix said mounting member to the roof plate, and at least one fastening part provided in a rear part of said mounting member at a location rearward of said engaged part, for fastening said mounting member to the roof plate by a fastening tool, and said mounting member is slid while said musical score plate is held in the standing position, to engage said engaged part and said engaging member with each other, and then said mounting member is fastened to the roof plate by the fastening tool from above through said fastening part.