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Author: stebinus2
Date: 2010-06-24 09:20
Anyone know what kind of material to use and where I can get a good deal on it?
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-06-24 14:30
I buy washable velveteen at JoAnn's Fabrics. Look for a newspaper-type flyer with coupons in a tray just inside the entrance door. JoAnn's also sells online, though the selection via mail is more limited. What they've got in stock varies over time, since it's a discount store.
Lelia
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Author: grenadilla428
Date: 2010-06-24 14:38
I also use crushed velveteen available at JoAnn's, Hancock Fabrics, or perhaps even WalMart if yours still has a craft section.
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Author: DixieSax
Date: 2010-06-24 15:54
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Another vote for the crushed velveteen. You can usually choose from several colors at a JoAnn store.
Here is a case I made last year for my C and Eb clarinets out of a briefcase and some materials from the craft store.
Post Edited (2010-06-24 15:56)
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Author: grenadilla428
Date: 2010-06-25 13:36
I also rebuilt the inside of my case. I used thick, dense foam (also available at JoAnn's) and carved it out to fit my instruments, then covered it with the fabric. On the inside lid, I attached the fabric on two sides, "stuffed" it lightly with fiberfill, then attached the other two sides. To finish off the edges, cut a strip of fabric, roll it, and glue it around the perimeter.
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Author: DixieSax
Date: 2010-06-25 17:03
For the inside lid of my case I used a dense foam pad, sold as a seat cushion for a kitchen chair cut to size and covered with velveteen. The main part of the case is a styrofoam block cut to size, and carved to fit the clarinets.
Paper clips make great tools for carving styrofoam, because you can curve them to the diameter of a clarinet, then use them to gouge the main part of the depression for the instrument to rest in. Some additional carving to fit around the keywork, and you end up with a custom fit. Apply a light spray of tacky glue to the top of the styrofoam when the carving is finished, and then the velveteen. The tacky glue will adhere to the velveteen, giving a nice finished look to all the depressions in the foam.
Drop the finished and covered foam block into the bottom of the briefcase and you are done.
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