Oh, yes. I was playing on an elevated stage in Burlington VT a few years back. It was pretty gusty fall day, and while I was playting the banjo on one song, a large gust of wind came along and took the stand with my venerable Guild D-50 off the stage and sent it to the pavement some 3 feet below. I went and got it after finishing the song, and discovered no new dings that I could see (this was a very cosmetically challenged instrument). I did have to adjust the tunung on a few strings, however.