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I got my flugabone with one of those huge chunky solid cases with no parallel sides. It's a mess and I hate to take it anywhere.

So what do you all use as a flugabone case? Does a double trumpet case do it? I hate to spend a lot of money on a case when I only paid $150 for the instrument. Just to clarify, I've got the Olds version with the 8" bell, but they should all fit into the same cases, roughly.

Mine doesn't really leave the house. But it fits well enough in a trombone gig bag.

Mine came in a Protec Mellophone case. I also hate taking it places, but the case isn't horrible. I often carry it vertically.

https://www.amazon.com/ProTec-PB321-Pro ... TUQAvD_BwE

One day I'll send mine to Sweeney to get the whole overhaul with the cut bell, but until then I'll settle for this. I've also heard of people just tossing the flugabone in a backpack. That's definitely a cheap, but less safe option.

JLivi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:41 am Mine came in a Protec Mellophone case. I also hate taking it places, but the case isn't horrible. I often carry it vertically.

https://www.amazon.com/ProTec-PB321-Pro ... TUQAvD_BwE

One day I'll send mine to Sweeney to get the whole overhaul with the cut bell, but until then I'll settle for this. I've also heard of people just tossing the flugabone in a backpack. That's definitely a cheap, but less safe option.

Yeah, I've got some cave-man unbranded version of that thing. Heavy, bulky, and no parallel faces (bell and mouthpiece end faces are technically parallel, but who's counting?), which drives me a little crazy for some reason.

JLivi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:41 am

One day I'll send mine to Sweeney to get the whole overhaul with the cut bell, but until then I'll settle for this. I've also heard of people just tossing the flugabone in a backpack. That's definitely a cheap, but less safe option.

A student of mine has one of the Sweeney ones with the cut bell and the flight case provided. Such a slick and incredibly well done set-up. Though overkill for the thread, but totally amazing

I have a duffel bag that is about the length of the horn. I put a few layers of folded foam inside for protection. I don't go out with it much but it does work. Note that mine isn't really a true Flugabone, it's a Couesnon bass flugelhorn in Eb (with really odd tuning: the 3rd valve is a half tone below 1+2).

BGuttman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:18 am I have a duffel bag that is about the length of the horn. I put a few layers of folded foam inside for protection. I don't go out with it much but it does work. Note that mine isn't really a true Flugabone, it's a Couesnon bass flugelhorn in Eb (with really odd tuning: the 3rd valve is a half tone below 1+2).

That's the old Belgian 3rd valve tuning. It helps with low F, E, C, and B (2+3 for F and C and 1+3 for E and B). In all cases the notes are less sharp than 1+3 and 1+2+3 in the 2-1-3 semitone tuning.

Older 5 valve tubas often tuned the fifth valve to two whole steps. It makes more sense for a 5-valve instrument than either a flat half-step or flat whole-step, but it also makes for some weird fingerings when you start plunging into the abyssal zone.

Mine lives in a Cronkhite flugabone bag, it's great.

JLivi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:41 am Mine came in a Protec Mellophone case. I also hate taking it places, but the case isn't horrible. I often carry it vertically.

https://www.amazon.com/ProTec-PB321-Pro ... TUQAvD_BwE

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The Protec Marching Baritone case is a better fit, smaller in the bell area. Same weird shape though.

https://www.amazon.com/Protec-MARCHING ... 129&sr=8-1

Estraven wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:25 pm The Protec Marching Baritone case is a better fit, smaller in the bell area. Same weird shape though.

https://www.amazon.com/Protec-MARCHING ... 129&sr=8-1

From Protec's website

Mellophone specs
Exterior Dimensions: 21 x 13 x 14"
Weight: 8lbs

Marching Baritone
Interior dimensions: 22.5” x 11” x 11”
Interior bell diameter: 11″

I'm not sure why the specs are measuring the same thing on their website but they do look similar, and the marching baritone case seems slimmer.

My flugabone has a 8" bell though, so needing a case that fits a 10.5" or 11" bell seems like overkill. I might look into those Cronkhite ones because I know myself and I won't be shelling out 1-2k on a flugabone restoration any time soon

I was browsing the Cronkhite site yesterday and was offered a 25% discount for my first purchase. The flugabone case drops down to $183 + $20 to ship. Looks like I’ll be picking one up, because I can’t pass that up

gig bag for a british-style tenorhorn fits really well. I have the soundwear which is really nice and very protective.

https://www.soundwear.com/en/bags-cases ... r-straight