I use a Uke Leash or a strap with my smaller ukuleles, but with the baritone I tried a few alternative approaches that don't need a leash or a strap.
The way I currently find the most comfortable is probably best described as a variant of the classical guitar posture: I sit down on a flat chair, cross over my legs and rest the upper bout (not the narrow part of the figure-8 shape) of the baritone on my upper thigh. The bottom of the instrument sits on the other leg, and the neck is roughly in a 30-35 degrees angle.
I also tried a sturdy box in place of a footstool like classical guitarists use, which worked the same way (legs have to be closer together since the baritone is smaller than a guitar). This is likely the ergonomically best posture.
Originally I had played with the neck being almost horizontal (the narrow part of the baritone's body resting on a leg), which worked too, but I was somewhat hunching over the instrument, which is probably not very good posture. With a Uke Leash, when held like my smaller ukuleles, I found the neck to be a bit high up with the fretting arm having to be lifted higher also. I could get used to that too, but it didn't feel as natural as the other ways of holding the baritone.
How do you hold your baritone when seated?
The way I currently find the most comfortable is probably best described as a variant of the classical guitar posture: I sit down on a flat chair, cross over my legs and rest the upper bout (not the narrow part of the figure-8 shape) of the baritone on my upper thigh. The bottom of the instrument sits on the other leg, and the neck is roughly in a 30-35 degrees angle.
I also tried a sturdy box in place of a footstool like classical guitarists use, which worked the same way (legs have to be closer together since the baritone is smaller than a guitar). This is likely the ergonomically best posture.
Originally I had played with the neck being almost horizontal (the narrow part of the baritone's body resting on a leg), which worked too, but I was somewhat hunching over the instrument, which is probably not very good posture. With a Uke Leash, when held like my smaller ukuleles, I found the neck to be a bit high up with the fretting arm having to be lifted higher also. I could get used to that too, but it didn't feel as natural as the other ways of holding the baritone.
How do you hold your baritone when seated?