bag storage strategies

[cjk]

Just sayin':

Altieri bags are basically cat hair proof as long as the cat is not allowed to get *in* the bag. Cat hair doesn't seem to stick to the exterior.

[bloke]

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OK...but they just suck so VERY much...

[cjk]

OK...but they just suck so VERY much...

Altieri was very good with the location of handles and straps and the inclusion of generous pockets. The RB/Cronkite bags were not good at this, but they are very nice. Altieri stuff was not as well made as the Cronkite stuff, but both were better and worse in some areas. suck? no. different? definitely.

[bloke]

I completely understand that a whole lot of people have a whole lot more patience than I do and are willing to tolerate a lot more stuff than I am, as well as pay a lot more money than I’m willing to pay to put up with things.
If I were willing to put up with a loosefitting duffel bag with a drawstring, messing with a separate lid with another drawstring, and paying several hundred dollars for such a set up, I would be more like some other people.
I can either set a clamshell hard case - or a clamshell well-designed bag - on one of the backstage tables, open it easily, and access my instrument. I don’t suspect they keep the floors backstage at most venues all that clean, and I’m not interested in dealing with anything other than a table top (nor with multiple case components) when accessing my instruments – particularly when I’m wearing a black suit or tails.
Already being a clumsy oaf and a dork – and with a widely-known reputation as both, I don’t additionally need to wear dirt all over my concert clothes - as a scarlet letter additionally attesting to such.

[kingrob76]

I’m not interested in dealing with anything other than a table top (nor with multiple case components) when accessing my instruments

Just out of curiosity, what do you do when there are no tables? I agree, tables are cleaner than floors but it's fairly easy to patrol a bag for "stuff" before putting on my back. Tables in some rehearsal spaces are few and far between in my experience, and some halls don't have much in the way of wing / backstage space so they leave tables out of that area specifically.

[bloke]

Churches and country clubs tend to have cleaner floors than backstage areas, but they also always seem to have tables. We have tables in churches are too far away, they also have church pews (and -again - clean floors).
Tomorrow, I’m playing in a Mardi Gras parade with the sparkly fiberglass sousaphone. It doesn’t have a case, and nor does it have a bag.
I will pull it out of the backseat, slip inside the donut, look for the warmest place I can find, and look forward to it being over…

…It just seems to me that people even farther north than me - who think they can have Mardi Gras parades - don’t think things out very well, but I need their money, and they’re offering a pretty good bit.

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[prairieboy1]

I completely understand that a whole lot of people have a whole lot more patience than I do and are willing to tolerate a lot more stuff than I am, as well as pay a lot more money than I’m willing to pay to put up with things.
If I were willing to put up with a loosefitting duffel bag with a drawstring, messing with a separate lid with another drawstring, and paying several hundred dollars for such a set up, I would be more like some other people.
I can either set a clamshell hard case - or a clamshell well-designed bag - on one of the backstage tables, open it easily, and access my instrument. I don’t suspect they keep the floors backstage at most venues all that clean, and I’m not interested in dealing with anything other than a table top (nor with multiple case components) when accessing my instruments – particularly when I’m wearing a black suit or tails.
Already being a clumsy oaf and a dork – and with a widely-known reputation as both, I don’t additionally need to wear dirt all over my concert clothes - as a scarlet letter additionally attesting to such.

I too am guilty of wearing the scarlet letter and that is even without trying to manage a tuba in tight spots.

[bloke]

OK...
Here it is.
FOUR bags are stored, up there: 5/4 C, F tuba, compact B-flat tuba, top-action E-flat tuba, in alternating yin-yang fashion
The pocket door (slides into the wall - immediately to the left) is my closet door - with Mrs. bloke's closet door closer to the camera.
The main door into the master bath area is on the right.
The laundry pass-through (rolling basket within) is below the bags.

The lowest-hanging bag is two inches above the top of my head.
All four bags (just) fit on that wooden rail (with those double-hook heavy-duty hangers).
The ugliest (and narrowest) one is the one that shows; it is a top-action (very old) R.B. bag, which fits my Besson comp' E-flat - when outfitted with the detachable 19" upright bell that I fashioned for it (probably really lucky to have stumbled across that one, as all four were gleaned - used - over the years).



The top corner of the main door into the master bath area clears the bags by approximately a foot.

...yeah...that's where Mrs. bloke decided to hang a decorative straw hat...(??)

[kingrob76]

This is a really cool and well-conceived way to do this. But I just had a better idea - hear me out. Four mannequins, each wearing a bag. You know how Batman has all those suits in the Batcave? Same idea. Put each mannequin in a glass case and BOOM - the world's FIRST Tuba Gig Bag Museum.

If you build it, they will come.

[Doc]

This is a really cool and well-conceived way to do this. But I just had a better idea - hear me out. Four mannequins, each wearing a bag. You know how Batman has all those suits in the Batcave? Same idea. Put each mannequin in a glass case and BOOM - the world's FIRST Tuba Gig Bag Museum.

If you build it, they will come.

I expect to see this during my upcoming trip to the blokecave.

[bloke]

All I need after that is 4 cell phones. I should toss one of those some-bichez in each one of those bags, and then Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and the CIA will all always be able to tell me where the hell my bags are.
oh sorry…
The topic now is “tuba bag museum“.
yeah…and I can threaten to sue anyone who says they don’t like my tuba bag museum.
I guess that’s enough bullsh!t and sarcasm for one post…
…except for the fact that I found the perfect mannequins for the museum:

This is a really cool and well-conceived way to do this. But I just had a better idea - hear me out. Four mannequins, each wearing a bag. You know how Batman has all those suits in the Batcave? Same idea. Put each mannequin in a glass case and BOOM - the world's FIRST Tuba Gig Bag Museum.

If you build it, they will come.

I expect to see this during my upcoming trip to the blokecave.

[kingrob76]

Nonsense. This needs to be highly stylized. UnderArmour can sponsor it AND provide the mannequins:

[Three Valves]

@kingrob76 You are a caveman.

@bloke You are progressive and modern.

The pregnant, dickless, and ready to nurse man.

[bloke]

I’m a renaissance (bag)man.