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the perfect Bb travel case?

Author: Tux
Date: 2011-06-01 04:08

Hello, haven't posted here in many years, but I'm hoping to glean some knowledge from you all. So I'm an amateur player with a Buffet E11 Bb in its original hard brown briefcase, which is fine and still in good condition. But I travel a lot, for months at a time, taking buses or trains and carrying a huge backpack, and I've been hesitant to bring my clarinet along. It just takes up too much real estate in my pack, and every square inch and ounce counts. I could carry it separately, but then you have the potential for theft. Don't really want to advertise that I have something that expensive with me.

I did a search on here for light cases and found several that look nice and little, but I've never had a soft case. Is the foam strong enough to protect it from getting squished inside a full backpack? The Protec MAX looks nice, as does the Protec Slimline PRO PAC, but the weight information is different depending on the website. Amazon says MAX is 2 pounds and Slimline is 7 ounces. But musicarts.com says Slimline is 1.75 pounds and doesn't give any information for MAX.

So do you know of a case that is as compact as possible, as light as possible, and won't squish my horn? Does this magic case exist?

Thanks,
Kimberly

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