Hard or Soft Case?

[lordzedd]

Good to know you make custom cases, Jim.

 

[Longshore]

Soundwear: Accordion Performer

www.soundwear.com

Late to the party...

I have one of these for my Paolo Soprani 4 row CBA.

I've never seen another gigbag with such comprehensive padding.

 

[lordzedd]

Soundwear: Accordion Performer

www.soundwear.com

Late to the party...

I have one of these for my Paolo Soprani 4 row CBA.

I've never seen another gigbag with such comprehensive padding.

I like the look of the sternum and hip straps on those. I am considering adding a sternum strap to my AMC, but the strap construction doesn't provide convenient anchor points.

 

[Longshore]

I like the look of the sternum and hip straps on those. I am considering adding a sternum strap to my AMC, but the strap construction doesn't provide convenient anchor points.

I don't use a sternum strap myself but they certainly provide enough attachment points. The hip strap is removable too (again I don't use this.
I've found it remarkably comfortable without either due to the very good padded straps.
They can be found for a lot less than the RRP as well.

 

[debra]

This thread was helpful to me in my search for a soft case, so I thought I would share my end result. I bought a Bayan2 pro case from AMC Music through a seller on eBay. It cost about what a Fuselli case would.

It has has about 15-20 mm padding, two sets of feet and handles, and backpack straps with load adjusters. This alone makes them the most serious straps for carrying a 20+ pound instrument on my back, in my opinion. The other thing I liked was the very snug fit of the case for my Tula 61 key bayan. It is exactly the right size in 2 of the 3 rectilinear dimensions. I expect it would exactly fit a 5 row bayan of the same type. They make this case in 8 different sizes.

I live a 5 minute drive in the city from my bayan teacher, so I intend to walk to lessons when the weather cooperates.

It's a bit like that one, but the straps for carrying the bad as a backpack are different: you can only carry the backpack with the accordion "feet down", not in the playing direction. I call that a fail...

 

[Dingo40]

Actually, with a hard case, the accordion is able to rub against the case itself.
My foster father owned a 41/120 2 voice Settimio Sopranii PA. In the 1940s he worked in a remote area (Woomera) erecting a British atomic bomb and rocket range, served by a 400 mile, rough dirt road.
Every now and then, he'd drive to Adelaide in his Morris 8/40 roadster, with the accordion, in it's plush lined hard case, sitting likely somewhere in the boot.
After several such trips, rubbing against the case had worn almost all the way through (in some patches) the cellulose coating of the accordion, revealing the -surprising- fact that the treble side keybed was made of aluminium!
There was corresponding damage to the inside of the case.
It seems to me this wouldn't happen with a soft case.

BTW, talking of accordions being expensive, this appealing but basic instrument cost 11 weeks' worth of gross (pre tax) wages as a leading hand carpenter, way back in c1949)!
What's that in today's money?

 

[debra]

Actually, with a hard case, the accordion is able to rub against the case itself.
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Modern accordion cases have a thick soft padding all around on the inside, plus an extra flap to put over the keyboard and registers to protect them even more. Older cases had much harder padding, more like the inside of a helmet, to protect to some extent against rough impact, but not to protect the outer surface of the accordion. (The old Hohner cases that resemble Samsonate suitcases are like that for instance.)

 

[Tom]

Ok, let's say a lead carpenter makes $30 per hour, 40 hour week = $1200. He or she could buy a beautiful new 41/120 Italian accordion for $4000, that's about 3.3 weeks of pre tax earnings.

 

[jozz]

(The old Hohner cases that resemble Samsonate suitcases are like that for instance.)

I have that covered



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