concerning cases

[muckle_moose]

Hi Ferg,

You mentioned three cases: One from Rogge, and two from Savage & Hoy.
You also gave a link to Kingham MTM cases (which are very expensive: £500 for a viola case).

It's not clear which case(s) you are showing in your photos.

Could you please clarify?

Cheers,
Brett

Kingham MTM Cases Ltd
http://kingham.merion.co.uk/

I had my Rogge Case relined by the above case makers in Plush Green Lining in May 2005.
I will post photo of the Rogge Case.

I had 2 cases once from Savage and Hoy case makers http://www.savageandhoy.co.uk/index.html
31” x 11” x 5” and 33” x 13.5” x 6”

I have a photo of this case so will have to scan the photo first.

<three photos removed>

Cheers

Ferg

[muckle_moose]

I'm very happy with my case made by Marc van Daal - costed some 200 euros, and although not overly light, it certainly is durable.

And I'm afraid that no case can really satisfy your criteria.
cheap, durable => not lightweight
cheap, lightweight = > not durable
durable, lightweigh => not cheap

I disagree; Cheap, durable and lightweight are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Aluminium is a light metal, and durable, and quite cheap.

The price of an product depends on the manufacturing costs and the
market value. Some cases are made from inexpensive materials, like wood
or plastic, and yet they are expensive because there is a market.
Anyone who has paid £10,000+ for a good violin will probably be prepared to
pay several hundred pounds for a "suitable" case. There are many, many
people in the world who own expensive violins, and so there is a market
for expensive violin cases. There are not so many uilleann pipers in the world,
but their instruments can be very valuable too, and yet there seem to be
a very eclectic approach to cases for uilleann pipes!

It seems uilleann pipes are like hermit crabs, often borrowing some other instrument's case,
and only rarely having a proper home of its own.

Brett

[Fergmaun]

The case in the photos is made by Savage and Hoy. Dimension 33” x 13.5” x 6”


Cheers

Ferg

[muckle_moose]

I received the following info and pictures from:

Consort Case Company (Ireland) Ltd
Mooncoin
Co Kilkenny
Ireland
http://www.consortcases.ie

Standard Uilleann Pipe case................880mm x 290mm x 140mm c/w plain
foam in base and egg box foam in lid.

Price ...........£65.00 + £40.00 Post & Packing. Total cost £105.00.

Looks like a nice case to me!

Brett

[Jeff Cullen]

I have one of those cases (above). It's big enough for a full set (without bellows) and convenient enough, but I wouldn't trust it to prevent damage to its contents in the event of impact or other mishap.

[Brazenkane]

Again:

when traveling I always have a knapsack w/me. Should the goons make me check the bag, I'll disassemble everything to the piece and throw it all in the sack and let them check my case.

[TheSilverSpear]

Currently keeping mine in a smallish highland pipes case. Have to disassemble the entire bloody bass drone to fit them in, but the case is pretty light and seems quite durable. It will do for now. I used to keep them in a tank of case, which was convenient in that the didn't have to disassemble hardly anything but I schlep the pipes with me all over the place and that thing was a pain to lug around.