The mention of "The finest metal and delrin hardware," was a copy / paste from the trumpet bags description. We were in a hurry creating the website, and most of the descriptions are the same -- literally the only edits we took the time to do was with the pricing and SKUs. Once that was done ... move on to the next product.
The tuba bags, from Glenn's sample, do not have any delrin hardware that I can think of (I'm at home). At any rate, we're just copying his sample using his raw materials -- what
was there
will be there.
And I'll be trying to customize each product description, maybe one per day, to eliminate any confusion. Sorry about that. We're also in the process of adding the entire sax line to 3 websites, the entire OEM harp line to 3 websites, etc. There's a lot to do, and this just scratches the surface of my work load.
On the positive side, we've received about 10 tuba bag orders, and they are almost in line to be made (1 week for the first few?). There should be some feedback on here soon. The current wait is 3-4 weeks, but I fear that's going to get longer.
We also bought 4 new heavy duty sewing machines, and they are much better for the job at hand than what Glenn's guy used. They came in and were set up over the last 2 weeks. Side by side between the Glenn-made samples and our recent ones, the foot on Glenn's guy's machine left marks, while ours does not -- that's the better machine with the 30mm lift. We just got the 2nd double needle machine going today, so the .25" wide parallel seam lines along the main zippers will actually be parallel every time. Glenn's guy did not use one of these, so there are two improvements just from the new heavy machinery. We've always had a bunch of leather machines, but the new ones are beasts, and make the work much easier.
I know -- photos -- give it another week or so and I'll be able to show some of them here:
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And Tuba man Steve Skov was in today! An old friend of mine from college if any of you know him. He's got one on order, so I bought lunch.
Take care, y'all, and wish us luck in this new endeavor!