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Author: OldeSkool
Date: 2026-04-27 17:01
Has anyone purchased the BAM Conservatoire single clarinet case? It looks very similar to the BAM Trekking case at roughly 1/2 the price. How does the quality compare?
Bill
Post Edited (2026-04-28 17:15)
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Author: prigault
Date: 2026-04-27 20:49
An excellent compact case that stores everything I need and which I use it for my main Bb (Buffet Festival).
The main compartment is very well padded and stores a clarinet with a foldable stand within the bell, a second barrel, two mouthpieces and a small space for a cork grease stick or small reed holder.
Two important considerations for me:
- the barrel spaces are normal-sized, so my stock Buffet barrels are well held in place (unlike some cases made for obese barrels)
- it accomodates lower joints that had the thumb rest modified. Mine has been moved 2cm up and 1cm left on all my clarinets, and few cases accomodate this semlessly.
I do not use the top compartment for scores, as it too narrow for letter-size and hardly convenient for A4 as soon as you have a protective holder. Rather, I use it to store all my other stuff: several reed holders, reed file (Vandoren glass reed stick), small screwdriver, teeth protector, etc.
Both the BAM Conservatoire case and the BAM Classic Double clarinet case (which I use for my pair of Buffet RC) are hidden gems. They are superior IMO to other cases several times the price.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2026-04-28 12:20
>> and hardly convenient for A4 as soon as you have a protective holder. <<
What do you mean by a protective holder? Some kind of case cover? How do A4 papers fit in it without a protective holder? Not an A4 size book, but let's say ten or twenty pages?
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Author: prigault
Date: 2026-04-28 15:39
I mean something like a folder to protect paper sheets in the top compartment, so they do not get crumpled.
Anything strictly within A4 size (set of sheets, even a 2cm thick book!) does fit in the top compartment, but anything wider (standard 9"x12" scores, letter-size paper, even a folder for A4 that is a few millimetres wider than A4) does not. This case would be perfect if it were 2cm wider.
Post Edited (2026-04-28 15:43)
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