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Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:59 pm
by The Big Ben
Last time I had anything made out of canvas, I had it done at Bob Picot on Boat Street on Lake Union. As can be guessed, they make things out of canvas for boats and yachts. They made me a top for an antique wood ski boat and did a good job.
http://www.bobpicot.com/" target="_blank
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:54 am
by Donn
Seattle Fabric might have an idea, as the materials would likely come from there.
I've made a couple cordura nylon cases myself, but didn't really finish either of them - got them to the point where I could use them, but in both cases was kind of stumped on the liner details. If I were making a case today, I might think about some way to use "fluted polypropylene".
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:41 pm
by Mark
Have you talked with Donna Altieri (
http://www.altieribags.com) about this? I'll bet she has already made a sousaphone gig bag and has the patterns.
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:50 pm
by Dan Schultz
KiltieTuba wrote:Thanks guys!
Does anyone own a sousaphone gig bag and would be willing to take some detailed pictures?
The places that have replied are able to, they just need to know what a regular case looks like and is made of.
There are two ProTec bags running on Ebay right now...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Protec-Deluxe-S ... 20bbe5cbdf
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:54 pm
by Mark
KiltieTuba wrote:Mark wrote:Have you talked with Donna Altieri about this? I'll bet she has already made a sousaphone gig bag and has the patterns.
TubaTinker wrote:There are two ProTec bags running on Ebay right now...
I know there are gig bags out there, but none of them fit a jumbo sousaphone...
Donna would still have the experience to do a good job.
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:24 pm
by tubbba
KiltieTuba wrote:Mark wrote:Have you talked with Donna Altieri about this? I'll bet she has already made a sousaphone gig bag and has the patterns.
TubaTinker wrote:There are two ProTec bags running on Ebay right now...
I know there are gig bags out there, but none of them fit a jumbo sousaphone...
I can imagine.
My King has a 26" bell and it's a tight fit into my Protec. I've had the bag for > 15 years. The only thing that has gone wrong is a metal swivel on one of the straps that gave out last summer.
I don't think Protec makes anything larger, though.
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:28 pm
by Chadtuba
KiltieTuba wrote:Mark wrote:Have you talked with Donna Altieri about this? I'll bet she has already made a sousaphone gig bag and has the patterns.
TubaTinker wrote:There are two ProTec bags running on Ebay right now...
I know there are gig bags out there, but none of them fit a jumbo sousaphone...
Donna can make custom fit bags for darn near anything. Giver her a call and see what she can do for you.
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:14 pm
by basspiper
I had a ProTec gig bag for three or four years, until I sold it and my sousaphone recently. I was perfectly happy with the bag, except I always wanted to get an extra handle sewn on the top edge. Instead, I just left the zippers open enough to grab and lift.
Dave
Re: Canvas/durable material place in Seattle, WA area?
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:01 pm
by Donn
KiltieTuba wrote:
Does anyone own a sousaphone gig bag and would be willing to take some detailed pictures?
I think this is more detail than you need of this one:
bag.jpg