_http://www.carrycasesplus.com/glue-1-p29856.html_
(http://www.carrycasesplus.com/glue-1-p29856.html)
I'm interested enough to give your approach a shot if my pick and
pluck
doesn't work as well as I'd hoped, since the foam block I've been
using in my
train case did shred a lot (thanks to my chopping it up badly in a
rush). My
only excuse is that I was cutting it at midnight - no 'measure
twice, cut once'
this time, ;) before an early morning flight to Buckeye ...going
on two days
with almost no sleep, and simply too tired to dig out the electric
carving
knife.
For the chromatics, I merely made a slit in the lower level
(hinging the
foam halfway)...pushing 3 CX-12's into the slits. It held them
firmly. The 4th
CX and the Super 64 fit into the top layer, along with the 10 or
so diatonics
standing on end.... it was very tough to get them back out, ergo
my reason
for ordering the pick and pluck afterwards.
Thanks for the information on your case. One way or another I'll
have a
lighter weight and much better functioning harp bag which is still
small and
'cool' for my next trip, and which will have cost me a fraction of
the major
'gig' cases. I'm not a professional player, so don't see the need
to have for
myself the kind of case which will withstand the rigors of stage
life. They
simply aren't a necessity for me, especially since my shoulder
injury and need
for a small, lightweight but rugged case I can fit into my carry
on for plane
travel.
I have the case, now it's just a matter of making it work.
Elizabeth
"Message: 3
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:39:47 -0400
From: "Tom Halchak" <thalchak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] foam for harp case
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Good call on Jo-Ann’s Elizabeth.
I made what I consider to be a very serviceable harp case using an
old
briefcase and some foam and fabric purchased from Jo-Ann’s. I cut
one inch
strips of the foam and glued them about ½” apart to a 1/8” sheet
of plywood
that I had cut out to fit on the inside of the briefcase. I then
covered
the foam with some soft crushed velvet type of cloth gluing and
tacking the
cloth to the plywood in between the rows of foam. I overlapped
the edges
with the cloth so no wood would show when I inserted it into the
briefcase.
The finished product holds about 20 standard diatonics, a couple
of tremelos
and a 14 hole 364 Hohner. I’m pretty pleased with the result
because now I
don’t have to carry a show box full of harps and harp cases around
anymore.
Tom Halchak
Clearwater, FL
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