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In July, Bruce came for what would be the last time. With all the interior storage pieces installed, all that was left was to attach the remainder of the hardware, attach a belt to support the bell on the inside, custom cut and place all the hard foam supporting pieces for the horn, and measure what thickness of foam was needed to line the roof of the case to prevent the horn from moving around. That took us a full day.
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Then all I had to do was drop the case off at Ron's Upholstery Shop so that they could do the interior upholstery.
When I took the case to Ron's shop, it became clear that we had made a couple of mistakes that made it more difficult for the upholsterers. Bruce and I had carefully cut and shaped the foam support pieces for the horn and attached them inside the case with double-sided tape and glue to keep them from shifting position.
That was our first mistake. Ron didn't know how he could cover all these different shapes, sizes, and heights and have it look good—without removing them. If he removed them we would have to spend another day figuring out how to put them back in the right place. The other big problem was that he didn't know how to cover the wooden accessory boxes with fabric now that they were all nailed and glued into place.
Ron asked me to leave the case with him. If I didn't need it in the next week or two, he could spend some time really thinking things over, and coming up with the best way to line the case. He didn't want to have his name connected to something that didn't look good, but he also wanted this to be affordable for me.
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