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Gear Storage

Author: JamesOrlandoGarcia
Date: 2024-05-17 02:35

Curious what storage solutions people use for all their gear. Currently using a bait and tackle box but I am looking for other options. Something functional that isn't just a messy drawer or box.

James Garcia
Bass Clarinet/Clarinet III, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: jimk
Date: 2024-05-19 03:27

Are you asking how you store your gear at your home or studio or how you haul what you might need at a rehearsal or performance?

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: Tom H
Date: 2024-05-19 06:13

For concerts/rehearsals I carry what you may call a plane carry-on size bag which has anything I may need to do quick repairs on the spot. Also carries my spare clarinet, which goes under my chair. I have a bunch of other stuff (spare swab, mouthpiece cap, wind clips, etc.) in the car at all times.

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2024-05-19 10:52

I'm guessing James, that you're after something with suitable compartments to store everything in an organized way. There are tray shaped plastic containers with partitioning that one can slot together oneself to somewhat creat the compartment sizes one wants. Another thought would be those aluminum camera cases that come with a block of foam scored into squares to allow for easy cutting out of the desired spaces. Those could both hold MPs securely and have little boxes set in for other stuff. Not sure whether you're thinking travel storage or home storage. I presume both as you're presently using a tackle box.

Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: Chris P
Date: 2024-05-19 16:00

I have 2000+ barrels, 1500+ bells, 1000+ ligatures and 900+ mouthpieces and carry them all in a trunk so I can switch them at will during a concert as I generally use a minimum of 200 mouthpieces, 100 barrels and 50 in an hour and i need ALL of them right there at my disposal. And as for reeds, I have a vanload of them and have a separate cabinet on wheels for the 5000 I need just to get me through a concert. The struggle is real I can tell you!

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2024-05-19 18:06
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I'll play. :-)

At home I have this https://expandfurniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Shelf-Table-in-Walnut-chocolate-wood-finish-adjustable-convertible-table.jpg... only one that I made myself. My shelves can slide about 1/4" horizontally when in the table (as opposed to bookcase) setting...which comes in handy because the design of this device necessitates small space between the shelves when in table mode (without such sliding) in order for the shelves to be able to pass by one another to transition from table to bookcase and vice versa.

But wait...I decided to hide this table inside of a permanent bookcase whose shelves float from the bookcase's rear, just above the shelves formed by the latter when in bookcase mode. I've attached a picture and call this setup the "Rev 9"...a name which pays homage to the Rev 9 version of the Terminator (from the movie franchise of the same name) which can separate into two:

https://www.theterminatorfans.com/gabriel-lunas-villain-is-a-rev-9-terminator-unit/

When on the go I store my clarinet in this Protec brand case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H8QG19K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1...which was the smallest I could find until the Marcus Bona cases came along https://www.earspasm.com/products/marcus-bonna-ultra-compact-bb-clarinet-case-earspasm-edition...inside of a 1/2 size airline suitcase with wheels to store the Protec case and clarinet gear:

https://www.amazon.com/Ciao-Carry-Wheeled-Under-Black/dp/B00M9GGCCI/ref=asc_df_B00M9GGCCI/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693418714757&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9548591658514409796&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004247&hvtargid=pla-379365882229&psc=1&mcid=e0b28611e61c3b58a9649fc4cfe4becc&gad_source=1

I've attached a picture of the "Rev 9."

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2024-05-19 21:54

I think they're coming out soon with a new Terminator movie " Clash of the Clarinets"....They have metal endoskeletons over wooden ectoskeletons ..... I'm not sure mankind is going to survive this one.

Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: lmliberson
Date: 2024-05-20 17:37

U-Haul

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: super20dan
Date: 2024-05-21 02:06

cris p are you the one who did the facing work for the glotin of paris clarinet mpcs?

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Re: Gear Storage

Author: Chris P
Date: 2024-05-21 19:08

super20dan wrote:

"cris p are you the one who did the facing work for the glotin of paris clarinet mpcs?"

I don't do mouthpiece refacing at all - I'd only recommend that work to someone who does it full time and who knows exactly what they're doing.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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