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Transporting cello to school

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Thegirlinthefireplace · 31/07/2018 14:37

My child plays the cello and is starting secondary school in September and will need to transport her 3/4 sized cello independently 😩.

I see that wheeled cases exist but the ones I have seen cost nearly as much as a cello and we can't justify that cost. I was thinking about a foldable luggage cart but unsure about whether a cello would fit.

Any cellists teenagers out there, how do they do it? (Or do they all get lifts to school with their cello)?

TIA

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BertrandRussell · 31/07/2018 18:34

Gig bag.

How often will she have to take it?

Guiloak · 31/07/2018 18:28

Train. walk or bus? Makes a difference. At DDs school you can't leave your cello I'm driving her the days her cello goes in so 2 days a week. I work so it's a pain but needs must. Most have hard cases that get the train to protect the cello. Could be worse with the double bass or harp.

Lancelottie · 31/07/2018 18:22

She picks it up and lugs it, I would think. That's what DS did with his tuba. Is she going by bus, though, or walking? You can get gig bags with shoulder straps like a rucksack, and hope she doesn't have cookery the same day.

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Thegirlinthefireplace · 31/07/2018 18:18

I'm inclined to think it's unlikely but always worth asking, thanks.

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UKsounding · 31/07/2018 17:43

Does the school have an spares that she/he can play there, and leave her's at home? That is what we do...
You need to ask the music teacher.

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