I would like those with 1/2 sets to tell me how long would a case need to meet the length and depth requirements for the set.
I have my eyes set on a aluminum fire resistant break-down shot gun case. Its dimensions are 13" wide, 4.5" deep and 42" long.
Your input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Yes.
djm
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=14668
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=16331
From the FAQ FAQ FAQ page.
This page has been set up to answer these questions. I have just recently cleaned up the page. Use it please.
be realistic about your needs. i use the gig bag on seth gallagher’s cite-if its not there write to him. it is a perfect size for a half set. it is not rigid but is well padded. its great for planes- fits easily in the overhead. if you never let your pipes out of your sight away from home, which you should not- its more than enough.
meir
Yes
Thanks for the redirection. Am I to assume that all questions are to be addressed in the “FAQ” thread for now on?
Would you prefer answering the same questions over and over again?
It’s there to aid you in researching your questions. No, “all” questions are not answered there, but if you read the FAQ first, your answer may be there.
Don’t assume anything, just the FAQs Ma’am… er… sir.
Gun case…
How typically american.. 
Yessir!! Just like the lyrics of that old timey 'merican song This Land is My Land.
This land is my land
This land’s not your land
I’ve got a shotgun
You haven’t got one… etc… etc.
This Land is My Land… old timey? Jeez, your making me feel old. I think that song was written in the forties. Does that make me an old timer?
Here’s one more plug for the trombone gig bag.
This case is my case. It should be your case. It takes up less space. On flights it has a place, Goes over your shoulder, and has a chanter holder, This case was made for Uilleann P’s
http://www.reunionblues.com/504-15.html
The necessary size of a half set case depends on your half set. If you buy a case before you buy your drones, there’s a good chance that either the case will be larger than necessary, or, umm, the other way round…
Limiting dimensions are usually 1) length from beginning of mainstock to end of bass drone slide joint (with or without slide removed, depending on whether you mind removing the bass drone slide when packing up, and 2) size and construction of your bellows.
I think (and I could be wrong about this) that the original This Land was penned by Woody Guthrie in the mid to late 30’s.
You’re an old timer only if you really want to be. ‘Old Timey’ is my reference to folk/mountain music of the US from the earlier part of the 20th century. Or also music from the period in time when the IWW was at its strongest.
Back to topic: Viola cases that have been gutted out also provided a nice home for pipes.
Here’s what I use (the pipemajor case) with the separate compartment removed. I don’t have to remove the bass drone resonator when I pack my pipes and customs don’t look at me like I’m taking an M60 as carry-on.
It’s fair for the old timers to point to old responses on the Forum. It is also fair to expect spontaneous responses that reflect timely and current thinking.
Fair enough. 
I now use a mountain dulcimer gig bag. It will hold the mainstock of my 3/4 C set without doing anything but unplugging the mainstock from the bag.
It is the gig bag for the Black Rose dulcimer made by Bill Todd. I think you may find a picture in the Elderly Instruments catalog.
I put the “old” into old time…
Gun case…
How typically american..
yeah..in europe you’d be talkin’ “knife cases.”
09 December 2005 19:51
A 24-year-old man remains in a critical condition following a knife attack in Shannon, Co Clare, overnight.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Georgian national in Co Kerry two months ago.
George Tkeshelashvili was stabbed to death on 15 October in Tralee.
29-year-old man is in a stable condition following a knife attack in Dublin city centre yesterday evening
Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an incident early this morning in Mulhuddart in which six French nationals were injured in a knife attack
An Offaly man who killed his son by stabbing him once with a kitchen knife has been jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court. 47-year
that the knife was used in the attack… Gardaí in Ennis, Co Clare, have confirmed that a knife has been recovered following a forensic examination of taxi driver Liam Moloney’s car. The body of Mr Moloney was found
today. A man in his 20s wielding a knife confronted the postman at Coolnasilla
A 61-year-old man who slashed the face of his partner’s daughter has been given a four-year prison sentence at the Dublin Circuit Criminal
The reports go on and on…
Go to RTE News and search “Knife” 
Go to CNN and search with “Gun” and you’ll get many more hits than you will on RTE with “Knife”
for crying out loud, what kind of direction is this thread taking?? this sort of rubbish is exactly the type of political c$$p that leads to divides between communities.
we’re all part of the piping community here, lets not let other stuff get into it.