Klarinet Archive - Posting 001176.txt from 2000/10
From: Ann H Satterfield <klarann@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [[kl] BAM double case]
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:30:47 -0400
thanks!!
to Anne, Kelly, Bill, Kevin, David, (did i forget anyone).
Your comments make the choices clearer.
Kelly writes:
> I have a BAM treking clarinet double case and a BAM treking alto sax
case.
> I love them!. The greatest part is the extra compartments that expand.
The
> double clarinet case has a pocket for music, enough room for 4
barrels, a
> mouthpiece, and reeds/swab/etc inside, and has yet another pouch that
> expands to be able to hold an oboe or flute case inside the extended
pouch.
> It's great for woodwind doublers!
I wondered about the 'stuff' space.
I am leaning for the BAM case, rather than adding the less expensive
Alteri cover for the Buffet case(as suggested by Anne), because i am
always carrying music or W-4s/W9s and schedules along with clarinets to
rehearsals, and the BAM case is lighter.
> Other great features are the backpack straps (that hide when not in
use)
> an over the shoulder strap (that is detachable) and two safety straps
over
> the zipper just in case you forget to zip, or worse yet, the zipper
> breaks. It keeps you from having your clarinets fall out to the ground
> accidentally.
>
> And the sax case...OH MY!
I couple of years ago, i saw a backpack case for contra-bassoon, and have
wanted one for my instruments ever since.
Kevin writes:
> I have seen a BAM case. Cosmetically, it's very nice. Unless you are
going
> to use the backpack feature, however, I'd get the Yamaha double case --
it's
> also very nice, and much, much less expensive. Plus, the construction
of
> the BAM case looks a lot like my Orly that's not holding up so well.
I really want the backpack feature. I am not particularly hard on
caseswhen not holding it under my arm or slapping in on the hand truck.
Kevin writes:
> My rant for the day -- why can't they make good cases any more? When I
was
> a kid -- back when mastodons roamed the Earth -- the Buffet double case
was
> this great big oval-ish thing with a rolled leather edge that was built
like
> a tank.
I have the Buffet tank--i don't know how old it is, i got it at least
secondhand. The stitching on the edge cover is fraying, the latches have
been a bit tempermental for the past 5-6 years, and the hinges have
tended to fall too far open since i have had it--but it has done the job
of protecting the clarinets just fine.
I have a hand-me-down viola case, built on similar "tank" standards,
passed on by a friend who began to have shoulder and hand problems from
lugging a heavy case. Since i don't play viola often, it works just
fine.
Kelly writes:
> Also, the pak-a-stand is great (and cheap). They are less than $10,
light
> plastic, and they fit in the bell of your clarinet. I have one in each
of
> my clarinets and my oboe. You can also use them in the bell to get a
nice
> low Eb out of your clarinet for those Respighi pieces! LOL
DARN, we have already played "Pines" this season.
Bill writes:
> Sounds like a Pak-A-Stand. About $12.95 US list. I've had one for
years.
> It may not be the MOST stable stand out there, but it is much safer
than
> balancing the instrument on the bell, and it is cheap, incredibly easy
to
> carry, and has not made any distinguishable marks in my bell, either.
I
> highly recommend them.
I have a double stand that i like when using both clarinets in orchestra.
My father made it from walnut wood that my grandfather had left from his
cabinetry work--and it is sturdy, beautiful, and 'meaningful'.
But i also play in band 3-4 days a week, i want the light, compact stand
for those reahearsals.
Kevin writes:
>. . . that would be a "Pak-a-stand." I guess I like them, since one has
> been in my case for about 15 years. I hardly ever use it, though --
only
> when I forget a bigger one or have a rehearsal when only 1 horn will be
out.
> (I'm lazy; I like 1 stand per horn so I can read a magazine whilst the
> strings have their sectional in front of us.)
>
> I do a fair amount of pit work, so I have a lot of instrument stands.
For
> clarinet (as well as oboe, eng. horn, flute & picc), my vote would be
to get
> a Blayman. They're built like a tank -- literally, a plate of steel
for the
> base. You need a crowbar to knock the 4-peg base over.
I will go for the sturdy multi-stands if i get back into doubling.
Certainly want crowbar-proof stands in the pit. Someone always stepped
on the one i had (sometimes that someone was me).
The white dot sounds like a very good idea.
I got tired of the confusion of finding the Rovner mouthpiece cap, and
put stickers on it so i KNOW which is mine.
annhall
`````Ann Satterfield```(Central Florida, USA)```
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