A musical instrument stand is disclosed that includes at least, a pair of legs pivotally secured to a support portion and disposed within a leg retention channel of the support portion when the support portion is in a closed position, and extracted from the leg retention channel when the support portion is in an open position. The contact support is provided with at least three support elements for radially supporting the bearing pin. The identified volumes are associated with a first virtual array. Thus, a conventional deep tungsten plug process, interconnecting two conductive layers, is eliminated.