I use a kind of seat that I believe is made for pedal-steel players, the guy that referred me to the maker of it called it a Pac-a-Seat (or Pack-a-Seat) ... it's a seat that has a storage compartment as part of it - very handy. I've used this for ~10-12 years, maybe more. It's basically a recangular box with its "lid" being the seat - with nice padding on it. The legs fold in, so you carry it like a small suitcase. Mine has 4 compartments in it and I carry my smaller items - shorter cables, mic, adapters, flashlight, etc. I just set it up at the gig, open up the 'lid', take out the pieces I need to set up my rig, then close the lid and "have a seat" and play! I can't remebmer who made it ... it was a smaller 'custom' kind of shop, again I believe he/they made stuff for pedal steel players. It is a fixed height, but I did some testing ahead of time, and it was a perfect height for me (and was a good height when I used to play MIDI organ-style pedals along with my keybaords).

Jim

Re: my previous post, I found a link:

http://www.gfimusicalproducts.com/Pages/Seats%20and%20Cases.htm

Jim

Jim,....very interesting idea,....but, my concerns would be
"No Way to Adjust the height", & weight once loaded,

I still find it curious, as hard as many of us resist buying arrangers that are heavier than feathers, many of us will happily tote a seat around that weighs as much or more!

My Quick Lock D-749 seat tips the scales at 17.8-pounds. Even an old fart like myself can handle that.

Gary

The fixed height is more of a problem.

Generally, if you place your arranger's action at pretty much the same height as a piano's, get a seat, stool or bench at piano seat height, you are sitting in what has been determined as the best, most ergonomic position for good comfort for at least a hundred years or more.

Either raising or lowering the position will tend to put your wrists in a less than relaxed angle, leading to quicker fatigue or reduced speed of motion. You can raise or lower BOTH together, and you will still be OK in this department, but you start to get into problems of the seat edge either failing to support your upper legs correctly or even worse, cutting into them and messing with circulation.

It's sort of hard to argue with a couple of centuries' experience, in this regard...

Everyone sits at different heights there are no height rules whatever's comfy for the player....I like to sit very low.

The suggested position is to have your feet resting flat upon the floor, forarms and thighs perpendicular to the floor, your upper arms and calves at or near vertical, and your back vertical. At least that's what I've read, and was taught by my piano teacher.

Gary

I am using this one. It is very good

http://www.thomann.de/gb/km_14066_keyboardbank.htm