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#17 ·
That's probably why he said, "end up well." Zippers can work great ... unless/until they fail. If they go, you're left with the options of dumping the case or tying it shut with a piece of rope. Conventional latches seem both less likely to fail in the long run and more likely to be fixable if they do fail. Latches also provide redundancy, since the typical sax case has two or three. If one blows out, you can still land the plane. Zippers are more all-or-nothing devices.
Whaler: What do you mean by your statement? Is it the user failure issue, or the longevity of the zipper?
 
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Actually, the Selmer case is a BAM case. I do know the GL cases (through intense Googling), but have never actually seen one. Are they available in Europe?

I would actually love a simple tough case for my soprano, as I'm still using the Scratch-Easy™ case that came with it in 1972. I tried the Eastman below but it's very flimsy and has almost no padding inside.

 
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I don't know about the GL cases. I have two BAM clarinet cases, one 10 years old, and one a few months old ... personally I have not had any zipper problems with either (yes, anecdotal evidence ...).

(Two cases for two clarinets ... the 10 years old case was also bought second hand by me, and is still in good condition)
 
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they appear to have ceased the production of that particular model.

Now they seem to make those cases for violin only. Once upon a time ( 6 years ago) they existed for soprano and alto.

The one above was a soprano case. I've spoken about GL cases many times before.

I suppose there were too few customers among saxophone players. Still they make great cases.

 
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they appear to have ceased the production of that particular model.

Now they seem to make those cases for violin only. Once upon a time ( 6 years ago) they existed for soprano and alto.

The one above was a soprano case. I've spoken about GL cases many times before.

I suppose there were too few customers among saxophone players. Still they make great cases.
I found one for alto but you'd better have €750 handy
 
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