Sturdy, well designed and thought out item. Unlike the DS730B Hercules stand, in K&M 14300 the bottom C-shaped support yoke does NOT interfere with the C/C# pad cup for an alto saxophone which could get bent if contacting the yoke. Another advantage of the K&M stand is that both lower and upper support yokes do not needlessly tilt up, down or sideways. The result is that placing an alto saxophone on the K&M 14300 stand, one needs to exercise much less caution than for Hercules DS730B.
The only point of caution for K&M 14300 is that the center piece (that joins three legs) and the matching end of the tube are both keyed. However, it is still possible to assemble the stand with the tube missing the keyed position, causing a pure friction fit which leads to rotation of the tube in the center piece. In assembly, one should note the keying and match the concave notch on the tube with the convex notch on the center piece.