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

[ALEX ILES]

Three options, as I see it...

1. Gig bag inside an SKB golf case.
2. Two piece Cronkite case. Fits in all overheads. Bell and slide  
sections can be split up into two bins if necessary
3. Marcus Bona case which fits on most overheads and with the right  
padding inside [bubble wrap, t-shirts, etc] CAN be checked if  
necessary. But you probably won't need to.

Otherwise, you can always box it,  insure it then mail/ups/fedex it  
ahead of yourself and pick it up when you get there.

LX


On Jul 8, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Jeff Albert wrote:

> 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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