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Case designs.

Author: Morrigan
Date: 2003-04-17 12:57

Most, if not all, clarinet cases, hold the clarinet in place, facing upright when opened. But when you close it, the instrument is on it's side, pushed on by the foam above it. When you carry it, the sides are laying downwards.

Would it be a better idea to use a 'gentleman's' case (I think that's what it's called) - where only the tennons are grasped, and the rest just 'floats' I guess. I just hate the idea that whenever I pick up my case, my instrument is leaning on it's side!

Are these sorts of cases available, in single or double, and if so, where from?

Thanks in advance again guys =]

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Re: Case designs.

Author: Lee
Date: 2003-04-18 03:15

I was using one of the old cases that held the clarinet by a post at one end and a spring clip near the other with the clarinet only separated at the middle joint. One time I dropped the case and wound up breaking off the tennon at the bottom of the lower joint of my A. I then built a double case which cradels the whole clarinet in fome to prevent the same thing from happening again.

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Re: Case designs.

Author: PJ
Date: 2003-04-18 03:35

Try this one...

http://www.wwbw.com/Item/?itemno=16056

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Re: Case designs.

Author: BobD
Date: 2003-04-18 13:23

Hmmm.......never heard of a gentleman's case but suspect that the sections might not stay in place.

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