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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-08-05 04:46
I'm also going to start looking into a new clarinet case. I am looking for one that's VERY slim. The reason is because I know that any case I get will not have enough room for the extra reeds (box), cork grease, clarinet stand, pencils, cigarette paper, music, metronome, tuner, etc. etc.
If I can find a very slim clarinet case, I may be able to buy a portfolio that was meant to be used with laptop computers. So I'm hoping to find one slim enough to fit into one of those portfolios. They often come with pockets that are big enough for the music and many extra compartments that would take care of any other doodads that I have for the clarinet. Thanks all.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Cindy
Date: 2003-08-05 07:08
the smallest I have found is the student yamaha cases, about the size of a lunchbox. The slimmest case I have found that may work is an old oboe case. They are slimmer. If you could just find a cheap oboe case perhaps that would work. The outside won't be as beautiful, but since it'll be in the laptop case does it matter? I have no idea if this would work, I've never tried, but hey, it's an idea!
So many instruments to play........so little time to play them!
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Author: janlynn
Date: 2003-08-05 13:26
I have a very slim case that i got with my selmer signature - looks like an oboe case. no room at all for extras. i put it in a soft case bag with lots of space for reeds etc ... sounds like this is what you may be looking for.
JL
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-08-05 14:03
My 2 slim cases date from a 1932 Selmer F B, [has a "bell enlargement"] and a 1960's? LeBlanc Dynamic 2 [with artic C#/G#, like the P F's] which has tan body with brown trim, ~ 3"" thick!, prob. little bell protection!! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2003-08-05 18:49
I would also recommend the pouchette cases by Yamaha. I have a yamaha allegro and the case is about the size of an oboe case, so this might be right what you're looking for.
DH - theclarinetist@yahoo.com
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Author: Benni
Date: 2003-08-05 20:49
I have a Selmer Vanguard case from the 60's and I use a laptop bag to carry the case on one side and books on the other. The case is very thin, plus the storage compartment in it makes the case longer, not thicker, and it holds what I need it to hold (reed guard(s), swab, cork grease, extra mpc in box, pencil, tuner, metronome). I don't know where you could find one of these cases, but they are the perfect size for putting in a laptop bag!
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Author: bohemialosantant
Date: 2003-08-05 22:04
www.bamcases.com
look at the bam xlight..
[ Remainder of post deleted. Phonetic spelling of profanity is not acceptable. Have consideration of others ...GBK ]
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Author: moose6589
Date: 2003-08-06 09:21
Sorry to ask another question on a post, but I didn't deem it important enough to start a new post. Are all single cases made to fit Bb and A instruments, or do some companies make separate cases for Bb and A. Just wondering cause my weird "Galaxy" case seems a bit too big for my Bb. Seems to be an odd design choice if it doesn't fit a Bb and only fits an A well?
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2003-08-07 03:17
When I was in college -- circa 1971 -- I kept my Buffet Master model in a leatherette shaving case, wrapped in an old shirt. The Master model was, I believe, on a par with the E series today. I had been using that clarinet since jr high, and it already had a few nicks. The nice thing was that I could clip it to my belt. I don't think this arrangement added more than a scratch or two until I slipped on some ice and landed on it. Everything was fine except the bell, which had two top to bottom cracks. Fortunately, the metal rings were still tight and it didn't fall apart. It didn't play well until I covered the cracks inside and out with a layer of nylon monofilament tape. (My first repair.)
Ultimately, I lent this clarinet to a cousin who was taking lessons. He was a slobberer and never once swabbed the instrument. After a year, his parents complained that it didn't seem to play. Every pad was rotted, every spring and screw was rusted and the cork was all ragged. I don't specifically recall any smell, but I imagine that the case must have smelled pretty bad. I suggested that they take it to a pro. Instead my cousin changed to flute.
So, the shaving case wasn't fatal to the clarinet. But the little shaver was.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-08-16 09:36
Well all,
I just bought a case on Ebay. I have no idea who makes it. Nor do I have any idea how large it is. All I know is that it was marketed as a clarinet case, never used.
[ Deleted - eBay links are not permitted. Read the rules - GBK ]
Well, all I can say is that for 10 bucks plus S&H, I couldn't really care if it's exactly what I'm looking for. Either it was an act of God that I spotted it at 5 AM my time after it's been up only 6 hours, or a cruel twist of fate teaching me a lesson. We'll find out shortly . . .
Alexi
PS - If it's not what I want, I can always use it for my spare clarinet. A very badly playing Rene Duval that's in the original case (which the latches no longer work anymore and I had to resort to extra thick rubber bands to keep it closed)
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-09-04 00:54
Well, I just recieved the clarinet case I ordered through Ebay. And this thing is pretty small. No extra compartements. It fits one bell, one barrel, one top joint, one lower joint, a mouthpiece, and since there was ONE spot left over it looks like a cut out to fit reeds or a small tube of cork grease (that's it). Looks like I made out for my ten bucks! I can't find any markings as to the brand, only what looks like to be "SUB" on the handle (I can't really tell since it's in a wierd form of script so it could be "SU3 or "SIB", etc.). Thanks for suggestions but I'll stick with this for now.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: John Morton
Date: 2003-09-04 19:18
I sat in the front row at a trad performance recently, and watched Allen Vache pull his clarinet case out of a leather shoulder bag. The case was one of those little old things that swells in exactly the spot where the bell sits - just about as small as a case could be. His extras were elsewhere in the bag.
Now I knew what I was looking for! I was at a woodwind store when I was traveling a few weeks later, and from the pile of clarinet cases stacked like cordwood I could easily spot the correct type. Maybe it helped that I knew the proprietor - he removed the (Leblanc Normandy) clarinet, put it in another case and sold me my heart's desire for $10.
Most of this shop's business comes from a school system. Surely most any town with a school music program has a bunch of cases from the days when a student instrument didn't necessarily come in a throwaway case.
good luck
John
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