Waterproof fiddle case

Subject: Waterproof fiddle case
From: GUEST,Dan Evergreen
Date: 07 May 01 - 11:36 AM

I'm taking my daughter with a group of old friends on a traditional canoe trip over Memorial Day Weekend. She has agreed to take her violin if I get her a waterproof case of some sort. Now, I want that violin with us around that campfire in that river swamp. Any suggestions about the case? Also, can you suggest some good tunes for guitar and fiddle? She's mostly into classical, so we only know a few. Thanks a lot; this could be important.

Subject: RE: Waterproof fiddle case
From: RichM
Date: 07 May 01 - 12:00 PM

You can seal the entire case, with fiddle, in a special waterproof canoe bag. It's plastic, and has a quick lock water seal. Not expensive.
Comes in all sizes at Canoe camping stores-or maybe your local general camping store.

Subject: RE: Waterproof fiddle case
From: Melani
Date: 07 May 01 - 12:11 PM

If I were you, I would also do something like triple-wrap the whole case in plastic garbage bags inside the waterproof canoe bag. They are great to guard against splashes, but the inexpensive REI bag that I have was not sufficient to keep my lunch dry on a rafting trip that involved super-soakers and other squirt guns. That's probably overkill, but better a whole lot of plastic bags and a dry fiddle.

Subject: RE: Waterproof fiddle case
From: Gary T
Date: 07 May 01 - 02:43 PM

I have taken my guitar on float trips, with the instrument wrapped in a plastic trash bag and then set inside its case. I haven't had any problem with normal splash. If the canoe were to actually dump over, water would probably seep into the case and perhaps the trash bag. A fiddle, being smaller, would be easier to get a secure wrap on using plastic bags.

Canoe bags, as mentioned above, come in various sizes and various quality levels. The better ones would likely survive submersion for a fair time. The cheapies may not be much more water-resistant than a trash bag, but they are more durable. A homemade bag can be fashioned using a fairly thick plastic trash bag as the inner liner and a durable (puncture resistant) canvas or similar outer bag. A watertight (or at least highly water-resistant) closure for the inner bag can be made by rolling the top of the bag several turns on a round dowel stick and clamping it in several places with binder clips, those triangular-box style paper clips.

If you're going to be in the Missouri/Arkansas Ozarks area, I might be able to shed some light on the "dumping" potential of the river you'll be on.