I started to think about the design for a different triangle holder in 2008 but the first version of the Nickster didn't appear until 2014. At the 2013 Winter Concert a percussionist in the younger band of the Y/S was trying to remove the triangle from his music stand. It almost looked like a comedy routine as he tried to release it with 1 hand and then both hands and was still struggling nearly missing his entrance. At the time we were using the traditional small glue clamp purchased at a hardware store and modified to hold a triangle. I was proud of his persistence but I also realized that he should not have to go through all of the contortions to play a triangle. For the next 3 nights I would wake up at 3AM and spend about 2 hours thinking about this issue and started drawing some ideas in my notebook. I wanted to design a holder that was stable on the stand, easily removed with one hand and isolate the vibrations to the music stand if needed to play mounted. The picture a
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