Persistence & patience pays off! Found only 2 brands making a good walkup stand that is readily available. M-Brace & Gracie. Found a place online selling the first for about $50. I emailed for a shipping quote & they never responded.
Called GC the other day to ask & the kid on the phone paused when I asked about a "walk-up" stand. After a moment of silence he said, "hey I'm with a customer, can I call you back?" Funny that the amount of time it took for him to call back was just long enough to look up what I was talking about, but no, they didn't stock anything like that. Special order only.
Today I'm running errands & stop into another local store & ask. Just so happens they had found one that had been sitting in the attic for years & had just brought it down to the acoustic room, still dust covered. "This isn't an inventoried item, so it's cash only" says the guy. $50 later, I'm having a decent afternoon. It's a Gracie BTW. Like this one at Elderly
http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/GGH-ACOU.htm
I'll be giving it a try on stage this weekend.