How to Attach Feet or Skirt on Wood Cello Stand?

[overland]

I'd like to build a wood cello stand for my son. It's a simple thing: an open box, padded on the inside, that the cello rests in upright when it's not being played. One detail is that the box has  got to sit above the floor a couple inches because there's a hole in the middle to accept the cello's end pin. Usually there's a skirt around the bottom  that holds it up a little, or feet at the corners that essentially look like part of a skirt. Both not only hold the box up a little, they also stick out a little ways beyond the sides, probably to add stability. My question is this: how should I attach them--either the skirt or the feet--so they don't get knocked off?

[rwe2156]

My choice would be bracket feet like you see on dressers.

You could make a skirt for the bottom with a moulding detail and attach them to it.

[Cooler]

How about nice, decorative brass casters?

http://www.vintagehardware.com/vintage-c...ss-toecaps

Or just two cross pieces capped at the end with paw castings:

http://www.vintagehardware.com/proddetai...prod=26023

[AHill]

Google "wooden cello stand".  There are many examples out there that should give you ideas.

[handi]

Have not researched these cases, but a skirt with the legs cut in it could be mitered together with a rabbet around the inside top that the case rests in.

The rabbet would allow for a firm glue surface, and dowels run through the joint from the inside.