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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2012-03-29 12:18
Well, I'm now at the point where I have enough clarinets to leave one at work (band hall), and one at home. So all I need to bring is my reeds and mouthpiece back and forth. Any snazzy case out there that holds a mouthpiece, reeds, and a ligature? Instead of hauling around a clarinet case which holds it all? If there's not a cool purpose built one, I'll buy a small pelican case and carve out the foam to fit it, but wondering if there's one out there that does the purpose already. Thank you.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2012-03-29 13:00
I don't know of any purpose-built mouthpiece cases, but you could put the mouthpiece in a well-padded bag and put the bag in a small wooden or plastic box. In the USA, the Michael's craft shops sell unfinished wooden boxes that are just the right size for a clarinet or sax mouthpiece in a padded bag or wrapped up in soft fabric such as heavy-duty felt. These boxes have latches.
I sewed mouthpiece bags of upholstery cloth and lined each bag with heavy, washable velours. I added Velcro closure tabs so that I don't have to worry about a piece of fabric unrolling and letting the mouthpiece loose. (Shadow Cat used to warn me about loose mousepieces. You never know where a loose mousepiece might sneak off to or what it might do. Jane Feline doesn't worry about that sort of thing but old habits are hard to break.) If sewing isn't your thing, you could use a "snack size" plastic food bag, the type with a zipper-closure, to hold the mouthpiece rolled up in felt, then stow the baggie in a Michael's box for transport.
I use my bags for instruments in cases that don't protect the mouthpiece. Some old cases, especially old saxophone cases, have generous parts compartments but no separate mouthpiece or neck slots. The bag protects my mouthpiece or my saxophone neck from rattling around loose in a parts compartment with metal gizmos that could do damage.
Lelia
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2012-03-29 13:16
Somewhere along the way I'd seen a 'mouthpiece box' very much like a reed case, but it only held four mouthpieces.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: ramsa
Date: 2012-03-29 14:01
Some of the small handheld game devices have cool cases. Best Buy or Big Lots would have CD/Camera/Video cases that would work. Goodwill could have some nice cases for glucose meters or medical devices, etc...
Knife collectors have some neat cases that would work...
There's a bunch of stuff out there.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-03-29 14:52
I also think a camera bag is good. For just a mouthpiece and a few reeds (e.g. one reed case) a small P&S camera bag is probably big enough. For a bit more, one of the bags for a bigger P&S camera could work. If you need a few mouthpieces and several boxes of reeds then a bag for a DSLR camera should be good.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2012-03-29 15:37
Maybe a locked 200 pound vault?
The issue here is the table may warp or get dinged. Unlikely but possible. Try to make some sort of case, or buy one. They are around, but at the moment I can't remember where. I'm sure a company like Babbit may have something plastic.
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Author: MichaelW
Date: 2012-03-29 19:13
http://shop.hueyng.de/etuis-mundstueckebirnens-boegen/mundstuecketuiss-bogentaschen/index.html
http://shop.hueyng.de/etuis-mundstueckebirnens-boegen/taschen-mundstuecke/index.html
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Author: JHowell
Date: 2012-03-29 19:22
Seems to me like an excellent way to lose a mouthpiece. A case that size is just the sort of thing you put down when you pay for a sandwich and then it's gone. If it were me I'd leave the whole kit at work, and have a whole separate kit at home. If you really need the one mouthpiece to work on reeds, I'd take the clarinet as well.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2012-03-29 19:47
I favor a camera or video case with a strap for shoulder carry.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Lee
Date: 2012-03-29 19:51
I have found that Kerr makes a 20 dram medicine bottle which with a Kleenix folded up in the bottom is just the right size for a mouthpiece. Place the MP tip down into the Kleenix (or other pad) and the top will hold the MP in place. Then you can just either get another ligature and cap or just carry them in your pocket.
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Author: GeorgeL ★2017
Date: 2012-03-29 21:39
Start at your local Wal Mart or Target looking at pencil bags in school supplies. If those are not large enough or well padded enough for your use, look at cases for point and shoot cameras.
Since I use plastic reeds and only carry two or three for each instrument, I keep a mouthpiece and ligature (in its cap) and the reeds in an 8" long pencil bag that has a zipper running it's length. It keeps them together in each case.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-03-30 04:27
I made up a pouch from chamois leather, with a velcro tie. It carries a m/p with ligature and cover fitted, and the reeds go in an old 1930's bakelite retro cigarette case in the pouch. It fits easily into a pocket, or in the glove box of the car.
Tony F.
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Author: LJBraaten
Date: 2012-03-30 18:06
small anklet or footie (?) socks make good individual mouthpiece bags (wash before using).
Laurie
Laurie (he/him)
Post Edited (2012-03-30 19:42)
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Author: donald
Date: 2012-03-30 20:11
I can't remember whether you can buy a "pencil case" zip up bag in the USA- but I have a small black bag the same size as a large pencil case that I use to carry a few tools, a spare mouthpiece/lig, various reeds and a pull through. This was originally given to me as a toilet bag by and airline (after I was delayed) so it is of good strong washable material with a slightly heavy duty zip. This is packed as an emergency clarinet kit, but if I were in the same situation as you are I would use it to transport mouthpiece/reeds.
dn
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2012-03-31 02:52
I like the pencil case idea. I have (or can easily make) a small padded thing to put the actual mouthpiece in, and a pencil case should fit a small reed holder. Thanks for the tips. Heard plenty of stuff i wouldnt have thought of myself! (sock? I'd use a NEW pair . . .)
Thanks. I literally go straight from work to home, and unpack at home. Highly doubt ill lose it. But if i do, it's a stock vandoren so it'll be easy to replace.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2012-04-02 12:23
>small anklet or footie (?) socks make good individual mouthpiece bags (wash before using).
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Yeah, I'll admit to using socks sometimes. I've got too many of those eldritch saxophones with no place to store the mouthpiece safely and sometimes I get behind on making nice little bags. (Wine bags are good for necks, btw. I get those bags at yard sales for 50 cents or a dollar.) I don't waste new socks, though. When a thick winter sock gets too raggedy to wear, I toss it out and stow its orphaned mate (washed!) in a plastic bag where I keep sock orphans. They're handy for all sorts of things, including mouthpieces. In fact, I have the impression that my hand-sewn bags are terribly uncool among jazz players and that the stowage of choice is an old sock: the rattier-looking, the better!
Lelia
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Author: ww.player
Date: 2012-04-03 21:10
Both Protec and BG make mouthpiece pouches. Protec even makes ones in neoprene. As long as you have a mouthpiece cap on the mouthpiece, I don't think you need a sturdy case for protection.
It seems like any type of draw string pouch would work just as well, especially one made of a stiff material and lined. I have an old one that I use to carry mouthpieces in when I'm going to try horns out for students. It holds 4 mouthpieces and reeds and works great.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2012-04-04 05:06
Kiwi mouthpiece pouch
search wwbw.com
Maybe a tenor sax sized one, and a small reed guard - both the mpc, lig, cap, and reed guard will fit
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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