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Re: Selmer LW Bass Clarinet Case ?

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-08-15 06:02

William, that sounds bigger than the Buffet stock case. I assume the weight is with the instrument. 16 lbs is about 7.3kg and I just checked my Wiseman but with the soprano clarinet (I think my soprano is a little heavier than most) and all accessories for both instruments in it too (everything but no sheet music) and the total is about 9.2kg.

>> a more compact Wiseman that will also carry my A & Bb when needed.

You can notice there are two models, A and B. I have the shorter A model and prefer it because it's smaller. Only very rarely I need two soprano clarinets and bass clarinet, but in the one or two times I needed that I brought the other soprano in a seperate case. I don't think two sopranos would fit in the A model unless you put all/most of the accessories (maybe including mouthpieces) in a seperate bag. If you buy the longer B model then you might be able to fit two sopranos and all accesssories. So if you usually need two sopranos then I'd consider the B model (but it's really long). If you need to bring stuff that won't fit in the Wiseman anyway (like too big sheet music) then you might prefer the smaller A model and put the accessories in the extra bag anyway. For me the whole point of the Wiseman was that I don't anything else to carry, which is almost always the case