[Trombone-l] Gig Bags

[John Sellmeyer]

I use the Cronkhite Travel (or shorty) bags for all my horns (a complete set
of Shires). I really enjoy them all. In my opinion, the slide is actually
better protected in this configuration, since it has wood on both sides,
instead of just one. It's also easier to carry around, since the bag is a
good deal smaller. The one downside is there really isn't any room to carry
music or other accessories. The leather makes for a really nice bag, but is
a bit heavier than the cordura.

Granted, these bags don't protect your horn as well as a hard case, but if
that kind of damage is a possibility, you shouldn't be looking at gig bags
anyway!
~JS

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Eric & Candice Swanson <
swan325 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> On Oct 1, 2008, at 8:01 PM, Eric Edwards wrote:
>
> > I'd recommend a Cronkite bag.
> > It's the ORIGINAL Reunion Blues bag.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu [mailto:
> trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
> > ]
> > On Behalf Of John Monroe
> >
> >
> > "Just wanted to pick your brain on gig bags.
>
>
> Come on tell him the truth.  Gig bags (and marching band) were
> invented by repair technicians to drum up business.  Little known fact.
>
> Eric Swanson
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