{"id":135,"date":"2013-01-29T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2013-01-29T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T23:33:07","slug":"customized-sax-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/customized-sax-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Customized Sax Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the case you have is not optimal for the sax that needs to fit in it: the case could be too generic, it could be old and in need of repair. It could be a low-A bari case that your Bb bari is swimming around in. The example I am using is creating a snug home for a C-melody sax out of a tenor sax case.<\/p>\n

To create my custom-fit case, I bought some new lining fabric (I found some cool leopard-print velvet on-line) and an aerosol can of expandable insulation foam from the hardware store. I draped the fabric inside the case with lots of spare fabric to fit into the folds of the case. Then I uncovered one side of the case and sprayed about a 1″ layer of foam all over the inner well where the sax lies. I covered the foam back up with the fabric, then uncovered the other side and repeated the process, filling the well about 1″ deep. This used up the can and I covered the wet foam with the fabric.<\/p>\n

Then, with a deep breath, I put the sax into the case, closed it and wrapped it with wire to keep it closed.<\/p>\n

24 hours later I opened it: the foam had expanded enough to conform to the shape of the sax, but not so much I couldn’t get the sax out. Whew!<\/p>\n

I trimmed the edge of the cloth to about 1\/4″ inside the case zipper, then glued down the edges to the old liner fabric with transparent glue. There are a couple of pockets inside the case for the neck and mouthpiece, I cut and glued the fabric to fit as well as possible into them.<\/p>\n

The end result is a perfect fit for my sax with absolutely no movement when it is inside the case, plus a custom look for the interior. Here is a photo:<\/p>\n

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Sometimes the case you have is not optimal for the sax that needs to fit in it: the case could be too generic, it could be old and in need of repair. It could be a low-A bari case that your Bb bari is swimming around in. The example I am using is creating a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnkorchok.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}