ISO Cloth Flute Bag

Irish Flute
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I’ve tried searching the board and with Google, but I’m having no luck finding a cloth flute carrying case for my Dixon flute. I know Tony makes one, and the price is fine, but shipping is way high. In the past, I’ve seen players with black 3 or 4 sectioned cloth cases that roll up, and something like that is what I’m hoping for.

Any US options for cloth flute cases?

Thanks,

Eric

2

Casey Burns furnishes a three section, cloth, velcro closure, with his keyless models. You may want to enquire: cburns@kendaco.telebyte.com

3

Try the “baroque flute roll” by Jean Cavallaro:

http://www.cavallarocasecovers.com/priclist.html#i

A lot of flute players I know use these.

4

These folks are also selling the flute rolls. :smiley:
http://www.leecollins.com/rolls.htm

5

Yes, lots of folks use the Cavallero Flute Roll bags, including myself. They are very nice and reasonably priced. Good luck trying to get one in any color other than black though, unless you want to pay the custom cut charge to have one made. :frowning: Still, I haven’t seen a better roll type bag for flutes out there.

Folkers & Powell make a fantastic cordura covered hard case.

Loren

6

The Cavallero bags look fantastic, but I think they’re fancier than I was after (I have a Dixon polymer - it doesn’t need anything overly protective since it could survive a tornado without any case).

Casey Burns was a good lead. He’s offering a bag at $20 (including shipping).

Hobgoblin lists one at 10.95 but you have to add shipping so it’s no cheaper than Caseys. Has anyone seen one of these Hobgoblin flute bags?

I’m leaning towards Casey’s, but Hobgoblin takes credit cards so it would ship quicker if it’s of comparable quality.

Thanks.

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I’d go for the Burns. I have one and its good and tough.

Billg

8

I like the Cavallero bag, too. Well, even if it’s
more than you need, one day your likely
to have something that can use it. Of course,
there’s no way to humidify a flute
in the Cavallero bag, at least none
that I’m aware of, and I believe it sometimes
comes with the Seery, so polymer
isn’t beyond it. Best

9

The check is in the mail for one of Casey’s flute cases. In case anyone is curious, Hobgoblin does not have the cases in stock yet and has no idea what they look like.

Thanks all!

10

Regarding the Cavallaro bags, I have two but am reluctant to use them for good wooden flutes. Does anyone trust them for carrying these?

How about putting the cleaning swab (I use silk) and the wooden rod in there also. Anyone do that? If not, where do you carry the swab and rod?

Agree that the Cavallaro is not good in the dry winter as there is no way to humidify.

BillG

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I used them for years with no troubles and even kept a keyed flute in one, but I did keep the flute roll inside another Cavallaro soft case that was designed to surround a hard flute case – it’s rectangular and includes an outside pocket and a carrying handle.

As far as the cleaning rod goes, the Cavallaro rolls that I had included a very narrow pocket on one side that you could slip the rod into – it doesn’t even look like a pocket, more like part of the edge seam, but the chopstick that I used for a rod fits in there. I kept the swab in the larger case.