Original case for a Conn 446N?

[MKilpatrick]

Does anybody know exactly how the original case for a Conn 446N would have looked? And have a handy image of one? Mine has a rather annoying little case with catches that don't inspire confidence, and it isn't Conn branded. I would rather like to have an original, vintage case for it.

Would the 424N, 444N, 446N, etc, each have had different cases back in the 1940s?

Michael

[350 Rocket]

I don't have an image handy, but it looks like the 446N and most of its counterparts of the era came with a formed (slim with a bulge for the bell) case, with two "Boston bag" style handles.

According to the catalogs, each model clarinet had a different catalog number for its case, but there's no indication of what would have been different.

[windydankoff]

Photos show an example of the type of case that was very common in the c. 1950 era. It was made by a Chicago company with a 3-letter abbreviation that I don't recall. Very possible it was the type of case that would have been supplied with your instrument.

If you wish to buy this one, send me a private msg. The handles were originally leather over rope. These are rope replacements.

[Windsong]

Windy's is a good example.  Here is another in Conn's traditional Royal Purple.