Posted by Phil Golson on May 14, 2003 at 21:40:29:
In Reply to: conductor stand posted by Dan Boykin on May 14, 2003 at 17:00:53:
As for the stand, make sure it is braced and/or secured in the middle of the podium. Nothing worse than an emotive conductor squeaking, creaking, and whining to the music because of tactile movements, gestures, etc. It is very distracting to the person standing on such a sound-board (where you can usually feel as well as hear each extra-musical effect) and even will sag like grandma's attic bed over time and a little weight.
Phil "whose doctorate in instrumental conducting allows for Rick Denney-type sage advice-stick-stuff-between-apostrophes" Golson :O)