[Trombone-l] Case ? - Traveling to Italy and UK

[Jeff Albert]

The SKB golf case thing worked well in the days when you could trust that it
wouldn't be opened and (poorly) repacked without you present at some point
during your trip.  Any case that has any chance of surviving as airline
checked baggage depends on being properly and snugly packed, and with the
current security scene I don't trust that it won't get unpacked without me
present.

I use the most concise hard case that I can find because 1) it will fit in
the overhead, and 2) if I am MADE to check it, it might survive.  I've never
had to check it.  If Walt Johnson was still making trombone cases, that is
what I would have.  He isn't, so I use an Eastman that has been fairly
significantly modified with dense foam inserts.  I carry it on, and have
never had any issues at all.  Maybe I have been lucky.

Jeff

On 7/8/07, Andy/Shannon Skaggs <skaggs at ctc.net> wrote:
>
> Bart -
>
> SKB makes a golf case that you can put your gig bag into.  Make sure you
> stuff it around the edges with clothes or bubble wrap or something.
> This has been a very good solution for a lot of traveling trombonists.
> You just check it at the gate.  It's probably even safer (and certainly
> cheaper!) than a Walt Johnson or any other type of hard case in my
> opinion.
>
> - Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Bart
> Roberts
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:42 PM
> To: 'Trombone-L'
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Case ? - Traveling to Italy and UK
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm traveling to Italy, back to the US, and then back to England a year
> from
> now and need some advice on a case.
> I have a Shires Tenor with F attachment and need some ideas on traveling
> with it. Do not have a hard case.
> Have contacted Walt Johnson and he stated they are not making those
> cases at
> this time. Any ideas? I have an
> Altieri gig bag for it.
>
> Thanks a ton!
>
> Bart Roberts
> Elkhart, Indiana
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