Can You Store A Music Keyboard Upright? Find Out Here

If you are the owner of a music keyboard or synthesizer, this question must have come to your mind, many a number of times. How do I store my keyboard? Can I store my music keyboard in upright position for space constraints? What are the best positions for storing my music keyboard? Well, this article will be an informative source for all your answers in this context.

Music keyboards can be stored upright without any major issues only if we take care of certain aspects such as protective casing and the angle of inclination to the wall and floor. Keeping your keyboard without protection in an upright position will be risky as it may fall down due to effect of friction. Gravity or any other accidental reasons. Usually, we must store our music keyboard in a horizontal position for a better safety and security.

Let’s get through the next section to understand the various positions to store a music keyboard.

What Are The Positions to Store a Music Keyboard?

Here are the most common positions to store the music keyboard or synthesizer:

Horizontal Position

The best way to store your music keyboard is the horizontal sitting position with the keys facing to the top. It is the safest way to keep your keyboard to avoid any falls or slippages from the floor.

Furthermore, the horizontal position, takes up little more space for your gigs due to maximum surface area coverage, but being very safe it is the best way indeed.

Vertical Upright Position

In this posture, your keyboard is kept in a standing or upright position with support against a wall or any object/stand. The keyboard is placed at a 90-degree perpendicular shape against the leaning object.

This is usually used to conserve space and for places where space is extremely limited and you cannot keep on keyboard horizontally.

The best way to keep your keyboard in upright position in to keep it inside a hard-shell case and the store it to avoid any slippages, falls or injury.

Angular Upright Position against Support

In this posture you can store your keyboard leaning in an angle of 45-50 degree against a wall or a vertical support structure.

Such a position is also used for areas where there is space crunch is keeping your gears or music gigs. You must avoid smooth and slippery surfaces at all times as there is a high chance of slippage and keyboard tends to fall sometimes due to this position. Store with this position with a covered casing to avoid any damage to the music keyboard.

Can You Store A Music Keyboard Upright?

Indeed yes, you can store your music keyboards upright. But only with the precautions and taking the steps that we have suggested. Proper insulation and casing for your music keyboard is extremely important. It is the best method to conserve space during storage, transport or movement of your music keyboard across places. In the section below, we are going to discuss the key steps you need to take to store your music keyboards upright without much hassles. Not taking these steps and storing your keyboard upright, will pose a risk of damage and fall for your keyboard at all times.

How to keep Your Music Keyboards Safe While Storing Upright?

Here are some important tips to keep your music keyboard safe while storing it in an upright position, to avoid any damages to your music keyboard

• If you do not have a soft case or a hard-shell case for your keyboard, storing horizontally in a sitting position is the best practice.
• If space is the major issue and you must store your keyboard upright, use the non-keys side towards the downside and the keys side towards the upside.
• Check your floor and use a soft rug or small size mattress/carpet beneath your keyboard if you plan to store upright without any cover. This will provide additional protection and cushion in case your keyboard slips down or has a fall.
• Keep your music keyboard with a 30–45-degree angle of inclination with upright position leaning against the wall.
• Avoid slippery, vitrified or glossy floors while storing keyboard upright to minimize the risk of slippage or falls.

A shock-proof hard shell keyboard case for storing keyboards

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some of the most frequent questions asked by musicians and performers with regards to keyboard storage, movement and transportation.

What are the Best Positions to Store Music Keyboards During Flight Journey for Concerts?

During flight journey, you must choose specialized high shock proof music keyboard flight cases to carry your keyboard for any musical concerts or tours. With flight cases the risk of damage gets minimized. Usually, music gigs are stored horizontally in flight storage bins by the crew.

Which is the best Hard-Shell case for carrying music keyboards safely?

We recommend the Gator GTS models to be the best suitable flight case for your 61, 77 or 88 key workstation music keyboards for safe tours and concerts. With this case, upright and horizontal storage of your keyboards should not be a problem due to this high shock proof set-up. For more details about flight cases, check out our article on Top 10 Flight Cases for Music Keyboards.

For portability, should I use MIDI keyboards or should I carry bigger workstation keyboards for concert tours?

MIDI keyboards with an Apple or Windows Portable Laptops and high-quality soundcard set-ups are actively replacing larger workstation keyboards nowadays due to the depth, sound quality and limitless possibilities while performing for concerts. Also, its highly portable, less bulky to carry around.

 Can I use a soft case to store my keyboard and keep it up right?

We would recommend storing your music keyboard with a high shock proof insulated hard shell case while storing your music keyboards upright to avoid any major damages on the event of slipping or falls. Soft cases are usually preferred to store keyboards in horizontal position.

Conclusion

With this discussion, therefore, we must infer that storing music keyboard upright is NOT an issue or hazardous for the instrument in comparison to storing it horizontally. However, as a musician we must take special precautions while storing our gig on an upright position due to lack of space or any other issues. With proper casing and shock insulation, upright storage is not an issue with music keyboards.

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