I've accumulated many mic stands of all sizes, from kick mics to orchestral overheads. Where to store them? I had them stashed in a corner of room 2, but they took up a lot of space, looked terrible and it was a nightmare to get the stand you want if it was at the bottom of the pile. There are many quick to make DIY storage methods, and it is possible to buy a large & expensive flightcase. But none of them was suitable for the room.
The room is a live room and has knee walls and sloped ceiling/walls in the corners. I had the notion of building a box to fit in the corner with a slope at the same angle of the ceiling, filled with pipes to store the mic stands. My wife came up with the idea of also cutting the faces of the pipes at an angle like a pipe organ.
There are eight 1 metre long pipes cut to size. Just standard plastic duct, inner diameter 125mm. That's another reason for the custom build, most of the commercial stores have pipes of inner diameter 100mm, not wide enough for some of my mic stands.
The box is made from plywood. Local manufacturing joiner Derek McLaren built it from my drawings and I think he did an amazing job to millimetre accuracy. The pipes fitted perfectly - and I mean perfect. My only regret is not asking him to cut the pipes as well. They were too wide for my mitre saw so I cut them with a hacksaw. Not the most precise of cuts but at least they are hidden out of sight
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The box sits on felt feet and can be easily slid out the corner for access to the tallest stands. It looks simple but working out the dimensions was pretty tricky with all that interlocking pipe geometry. I've attached the drawing for anyone who'd like to make it or something similar.
Eagle eyed observers might notice the error I made in cutting the pipes: I calculated the cuts based on them being stacked directly in front of each other, not offset. So there is a small step in height between each row of pipes rather than a smooth slope all the way.
Cheers!
Jennifer