Klarinet Archive - Posting 000892.txt from 1998/05

From: Cmdr Herel <CmdrHerel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] My radical triple case solution.
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 16:35:49 -0400

In a message dated 98-05-14 13:24:28 EDT, clarinet@-----.edu writes:

<< Is the triple case as "nerdy" looking as the double? (i'm already
nerdy-enough looking, i don't need any help in this area! ha!) >>

I had a HUGE triple and finally sold it. Just too awkward. Now here's what I
did instead...

I took my old Buffet double case (very well made) and entirely GUTTED the
inside... And with much careful planning, was able to lay out an interior
that fit ALL THREE clarinets in the same space as the double!!

That's right. Some space savers were: Vertical barrels. The little holes
take up a lot less space than laying them flat (was able to fit three large
ones and the bitty Eb one in that way). Also, junk laid out in the music
compartment instead of a junk-space in the main part of the case. Music goes
in the case cover. Oh, also the bells are left loosely on the lower joints of
the Bb and A. Not a great thing, but a compromise.

Good upholstery fabric and foam-core board are the tricks to the interior.
Pay lots of attention to how the old one was upholstered as you take it apart.
This will help guide how to re-upholster the new interior after you've shaped
it.

It was all in all a very tedious pain-in-the-butt job, but well worth the
results. I have all three horns on my back in a case the size of a double!
:) I love it.

Teri Herel.

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