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Re: Homemade Basset Horn Case

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2022-03-03 11:53

I have a basset horn that will eventually need a case. I saw your case elsewhere and I'm leaning towards making it from an alto sax case but things are not going as smoothly here.

>> The best I could find is the Reed and Squeak case. But personally I don't like the idea of a soft case. <<

I've been using their light bass clarinet case for a while now and wouldn't call it a soft case. I assume the basset horn case is similar. It's a little less solid than a Bam, but not by that much, definitely closer to that than to a gig bag. I have a Wiseman that I kept but only use it now when I need bass and soprano, or if I ever fly with the bass again. For everything else (walking with it a lot, in the back or the boot of cars, along with other stuff thrown there, no problem at all.

>> I decided on the Giardinelli Alto Saxophone Case that is available from most music websites <<

I can't actually find this one for sale anywhere online.
Also, how did you know the Giardinelli would work? Did you just gamble? Or you already had it?
I tried six different rectangle/suitcase alto sax cases that I happened to have here and none worked the same way, in that the upper section is too long to fit from the end to that compartment wall. There was really no way to fit both sections without removing it.

I hope I can find a case that wouldn't require too much work to adapt, so far no luck. For various reasons doing this here is turning out to be a pretty big project that makes the R&S more of an option.

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