Tag: instrument transport

Building a Case for a Serpent, Part I

Byartsyhonker February 12, 2011 2 Comments
In order to attempt longer and more adventurous Snake On A Bike journeys, I want to build a better case for Charlie the Serpent. The existing case is a box, lined with blue muppet pelt, with some padding on the two largest sides. But there's nothing that really holds the instrument securely within the box, it is very heavy, and the box itself is worryingly flexible. It has all the weight of a...

Snake on a Bike! Snake on a Bike!

Byartsyhonker February 10, 2011 2 Comments
On Sunday I tried an experiment. Carefully, gingerly, I manoeuvred the serpent case onto the back of the bicycle, and used several bungee cords to secure it there. The plan was to then walk the bicycle to St Mary's Wanstead, where the London Gallery Quire were providing music for Evensong. It seemed a better option than taking the Tube one stop, and a more comfortable one than walking with a...

Bucket Bass at London Hackspace

Byartsyhonker February 1, 2011 0 Comments
Tuesday night after teaching I wended my weary way to London Hackspace for their social night. I recently joined, since I always have a few more making-random-stuff projects than is good for me and not quite enough time and space to work on them; the idea is that if I can get there regularly enough, I might get on with some of them. I was locking up my bicycle and saw someone else arrive with...

A transport of delight…

Byartsyhonker October 15, 2010 3 Comments
Allow me to indulge in a little off-topic blogging...Today was my day off, and it is nearing my birthday, so I went to pick this up:Her name is Millicent, and she is a birthday present from a certain boy who seems to take inordinate pleasure in spoiling me rotten. No complaints here!Since I was a teenager I have been hankering after a bicycle that is a grown-up version of the big old blue...