A Sax Stand For Your Sax Dungeon

Do you need a new sax stand? Do you want this stand to hold multiple saxophones? Do your tastes run to the, well, what might be called fetish-like? If so, then UK-based, Musician’s Navigator.com, has just the saxophone stand for your sax dungeon. (Thanks to this Cafe Saxophone thread, I found out about this interesting, European-made product.)

This seemingly S&M-inspired sax stand—and sure, you could say that S&M refers to sax & musicianship 😉 —appears to take its inspiration from some of the implements found in some of the finest BDSM dungeons.

Source: musicians-navigator.com

I don’t think you’re in Kansas anymore Dorothy…

Yup, if you’re a sax Master or Mistress, then your sax dungeon will not be complete without a stand like this to keep your tenors or altos, and soprano in line and upright. Because as a sax Master or Mistress, you demand that your horns stay exactly the way you place them.

This is how these stands are described on Musicians Navigator:

MS STATIV – S-HT3 Custom Saxophone Stand for Three Saxophones Alto/Tenor/Canto

High quality custom saxophone stand for three saxophones – two alto or tenor and one canto – with exceptional flexibility, superb stability and cool design. In addition it can be customized according customer’s needs…

FEATURES

High quality custom saxophone stand for three saxophones with extended flexibility of operating elements. Our custom saxophone stand is able to hold two alto/tenor saxophones and one canto sax. This ultimate high quality custom saxophone stand can be fine adjusted and positioned desired way by the means of three point geared zinc joints.

MS STATIV S-HT3 custom saxophone stand is built of highest quality materials. It’s fully adjustable customized stand system featuring exceptional flexibility, superb stability and cool design.

• NOT ENOUGH?
• We will customize stand construction exactly according your needs!
• CONTACT US: msstativsystem@musicians-navigator.com

SPECIFICATIONS
for S-HT3 Custom Saxophone Stand

• Hand-made in E.U.
• Fully adjustable
• High Quality materials – Zinc alloy joints, hard and glossy Aluminium tubes
• Extreme stability
• Cool glossy look
• Customizable
• Holder material – alto/tenor sax: steel and rubber (surface)
• Holder material – canto sax: wood
• Height: 60 cm
• Width: 70 cm
• Depth: 40 cm

Our price: 289,34 € excl. VAT [$383.74 US]
347,21 € incl. VAT [$460.48 US] [According to xe.com]

Source: musicians-navigator.com

Very interesting, but what the hell is a “canto” sax? Is that a foreign language name for soprano? I’m assuming it is.

What I thought was interesting, was that the company is able to: “customize stand construction exactly according [a player’s] needs”. I wonder if they are able to make stands larger, say for a baritone sax?

All joking aside, this looks like a very stable, and well-made saxophone stand. The company doesn’t mention its weight, but I don’t think that it would be a feather-light. I suspect that it would have some weight to it.

I wonder how portable this sax stand is? Is it practical to take out on gigs or shows? Or is it more of a leave-it-in-the-studio kind of stand?

Whichever the case, this customizable sax stand looks very interesting, and will likely be a good way to keep your babies safe when they are out of their cases. It would be interesting to read some reviews of players who have bought these stands. I am curious to know if they work as well as they look.

Update June 2024: It appears these are no longer available. In case you were one of the lucky few who ended up with one, I thought I’d leave this right here for future reference.