Klarinet Archive - Posting 000469.txt from 2003/03

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Clarinet Case
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 02:40:33 -0500

Jonathan,

Please accept my humblest apology for my rant...I got your post
mixed up with the one about a thin case to fit in a briefcase
for an A clarinet.

I love my Wiseman quad case, and carry four instruments in my
case quite frequently.

The prices should be HALF what you were saying for a Wiseman
quad trough case costs, if you order directly from him. It
should probably be about $450-500 US, depending on the exchange
rate right now with the UK. The markup for the mailorder
companies to get the cases are ASTRONOMICAL. At LEAST $700 for
the quad case, and they usually didn't stock it, and had a 3-6
month wait once paid for. Howard should have one to you in less
than 2 months.

Again, my apologies for mistaking your post for a different one.
(also, apologies to Spencer, who had the original "thin A
clarinet case" posting.)

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com> wrote:
> no no no no NO...
>
>
> You didn't look at the link did you? The SINGLE case is for A,
> Bb, C, ***OR*** Eb and holds ONE clarinet at a time. You are
> thinking of the QUAD case.
>
> My QUAD case (holds FOUR instruments) a few years ago was $325
> GBP (British Sterling Pounds,) so I would be hard pressed to
> think that the SINGLE case would be more than $200 pounds,
> with
> whatever the exchange rate you get to the currency you are
> using. Would probably be about $300 US, but I do not set
> pricing
> for Wiseman, nor do I calculate the exchange rate. The $325
> GBP
> for my QUAD came to $480 US or something like that including
> exchange fees and the sort. Not sure where the $900 came from.
>
>
> By the way, if you are ordering it from a reseller, DON'T. My
> case which was $480 was close to $700 at the time when I
> priced
> it from a mail order company. There also is a longer wait time
> for backordered cases from a mailorder company, than if you
> order direct. Howard is very easy to deal with, and if you
> wanted something thin and flat, I bet he would give you a
> price
> for a custom case for that too, if you asked him. He has made
> 3
> cases for me, and I wouldn't have an old style case again if
> you
> paid me.
>
> I still have 3 hard cases (for a Bb, C, and Eb) I do not use,
> but keep around if I want to just carry one instrument. I
> don't
> use them at all, and probably will sell them or dispose of
> them
> in the future when I get tired of housing them.
>
> $300 is NOT $900, but if you are only looking for cheap, I
> might
> suggest wrapping your clarinet in bubble wrap to put in your
> briefcase ;-) The Buffet E11 A case I mentioned was $51.50,
> AND
> was the exact style (Pochette) you asked about. Did you try
> THAT
> link out?
>
> You get what you pay for. If you want a case THAT thin and
> want
> the clarinet still well protected, you can be the judge of
> what
> comes and goes. I would never put my clarinets in a case that
> thin unless I knew it was protected by some well made stuff.
> My
> attache case that my Buffet Prestige was in when I had a car
> wreck that totalled my car protected it so well, that the case
> was almost destroyed as the instrument case was thrown over
> 100
> feet from the car. The attache case is too big for your
> briefcase, so that is not an option. I think the SINGLE
> Wiseman
> case, being only 4" in diameter (it is a tube) would fit in
> your
> briefcase, since it isn't a retuangular case that is 4" thick
> by
> 14" high, but is 4" by 4". The PLASTIC Pochette case for the
> Buffet E11 A clarinet is cheap, and if the Pochette case fits
> in
> your briefcase, there you go. The Wiseman, in my opinion, are
> the best protection a case can give, period.
>
> You could always get a bigger briefcase too...<evilgrin>
>
> Kelly Abraham
> Woodwinds - New York City
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> --- JCountDown@-----.com wrote:
> > The Wiseman Clarinet case for a A,Bb,C and Eb clarinet is
> like
> > 900.00 right?
> > Well I'm looking for something a little cheaper than that.

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