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TubadudeCA
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20j Gig bag

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Anybody know where one could possibly order one or have one made? :tuba:
1970's Walter Sear Deprins BBb Tuba
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Re: 20j Gig bag

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Might try Cronkhite or Reunion Blues, though it may be a special-order item.

Or maybe you could find a good used set of hard cases.

Enjoy your 20J!
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Re: 20j Gig bag

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Cronkhite won't make them for a 2 piece horn, I asked him earlier this year. I got mine, for my Martin, from Altieri. It took a while to get it right, and the bell bag still really doesn't fit the recording bell properly. Send Altieri good dimensions, a good tracing, and good pictures, including a duplicate photo of each part with the dimensions included on it.

The body bag is amazing, the bell not so, but I simply got tired of putzing with it. It helps, at least. The bell bag has less protection than the body. $325

Somewhere on TN there is a link for Messina bags, in Athens OH. They have made bass bags for a while, new to horn bags but willing and able. Looks like a good bag, but they need a tracing and pictures. I think he said $325 also, for a large helicon bag.
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