Cooperstand Pro-B Birch Banjo Stand

Purchased for my spouse's banjo which lives in the living room: it does its job without the "industrial" ambience of a tubular steel or aluminium stand. It's very solid for "neck-less" stand (4 points on the floor), but the instrument is held in place only by its own weight and friction. The "grippy" lower surfaces and top grommets on the stand provide a surprisingly stable hold for the instrument (tested 5-string and tenor banjos, banjo-ukulele, mandolin), but I'd be uncomfortable using this stand around young kids, cats, or waggly-tailed dogs (fish and turtles are probably ok), and I'm skeptical about how well the high-friction surfaces will stand up with dust accumulation, which only time will tell. The stand collapses into a flat bar (think "IKEA furniture"), which is a handier shape for gig-bags than a cylinder. All in all, a well-built, solid, collapsible wooden stand that can pass as "furniture".