Hi, that annoyed me too. I use a volume pedal and an effect pedal. I attached it (with tie-rips) to a thin batten. Just what you thought. That bar is then attached to both sides of my desk (or possibly to a keyboard stand). Want to be creative yourself how best to do that? (tie-rips/duct tape/put the keyboard stand on the thin bar, or ..?) . The pedals can no longer go anywhere and have always used exactly the same position for me. It's a bit of tinkering, but no more irritations. Just my 2 cents