Klarinet Archive - Posting 000556.txt from 1996/02

From: B HUDSON <XDPW41A@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Travel with bass clarinet
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 17:02:30 -0500

Colin Carr was recently in Raleigh performing with his trio-- he carries a
$300,000.00 Gofriller cello in a soft, canvas student case. IT ALWAYS GO
IN THE OVERHEAD BIN.

Bruce Hudson, xdpw41a@-----.com

Raleigh, NC

>As I second study bassoonist, I aquired a soft bassoon rucksack case.
>It's very small and light and pretty secure in fact as it's well padded
>with the sort of stuff they use for car upholstry. Better still my bass
>fits it apart from the top E/Fsharp/f natural keys which can be padded
>around. Over here they're about 150 pounds.

<On
<Sat, 17 Feb 1996, Piotr Michalowski wrote:

> Does anyone have any practical advice for travel with a bass clarinet,
> particulalry air travel. The normal case is rather large and of one has
> onother instrument, it could all get a little out of hand. I have never
> seen any smaller travekl cases for sale so I was curious what others do.
>
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