Review: Manhasset Stand-Outs and Floor Protectors

While the Manhasset M48 music stand is the “gold standard” for usefulness and durability, there are two things you can add to one that takes it from being a good tool to a nearly-perfect musical companion.

Stand-Outs™

Manhasset Stand-Outs Manhasset makes Stand-Outs™ for those times when a regular stand just isn’t wide enough to hold your music. Stand-Outs slide over the top lip of the desk and the front lip of the tray and can be left on the stand at all times, ready to slide out whenever necessary. You can easily spread four full pages of music across them, eliminating nasty page turns or preparing for quick segues between pieces. Available individually but usually bought in twos, you’ll wonder how you managed without them…and at under $20 a pair, they’re cheap-yet-priceless additions to your rehearsal and performance toolkit.

Floor Protectors

Manhasset Floor Protectors Manhasset also makes Floor Protectors for their M48 music stands. These pliable plastic sleeves slide over the steel feet of a stand and protect floors (and cars, when loading/unloading!) from being scratched or dinged by said feet. Priced at just over $5 for a set of three, they’re well worth it in terms of protecting your floors, doorways, and car.

The Bottom Line

Neither of these products is as exciting as a new axe, but we think they’re well worth the little they cost us…and they get used every day. As I’ve mentioned previously, we own three Manhasset stands, and we’ve carted them to many places over the years…not to mention the countless times we’ve moved them from room to room in our house. After trying to balance too much music too many times, we broke down and bought a single set of Stand-Outs to try them out. They proved to be indispensable, so we bought two more sets. We did the same thing with the Floor Protectors, initially trying a set to determine if it helped all that much, then ordering two more sets. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bumped a doorway (or a car fender or door frame – ouch!) with the foot of a stand and appreciated those Floor Protectors’ presence!

If you’d like to see about Stand-Outs and/or Floor Protectors for your Manhasset stand, we do carry them in the PTM Store…and if you decide to buy them, we’d appreciate it if you’d think of us first. If you buy them elsewhere, that’s okay, too; either way, you’re bound to get years of good use out of them both.

All the best,
Mark