Page turning music stand

Having just attended a choir rehearsal (principal tenor, since you ask) I have much sympathy with the overburdened conductor, who must simultaneously wave the stick, play the Joanna and turn the pages. One of these tasks can be taken from him by this simple innovation.

In its most trivial form, the page turning music stand is implemented using a pedal, coupled to a series of levers and pulleys. This contrivance can probably be strapped on to existing stands. It would be suitable for situations where the feet were otherwise unoccupied (thus excluding organists and kick drummers), but may have disadvantages in orchestral environments, where the concerted stomping of the first violins during a quiet passage might disturb the audience.

A more advanced version, better suited to the atomic age, would operate thus:

A processor of some sort would view the page of music upon the stand, by means of a camera, and determine the musical structure specified therein. It would also listen to the music, using a microphone. Applying a few appropriate algorithms, it would determine when a page turn was necessary, and send a signal to a suitable mechanical or pneumatic actuator, which would effect the page turn.

The musician is thus relieved of the rude necessity of page turning, and may better concentrate on the euphonious pursuit of his art.