At first I was a little bit leery of a case that wasn't a hard-shell wooden case, but then I remembered that I've been carrying my contrabassoon around in a gig-bag that has less padding than this case for almost 40 years, and I've learned to be careful with that case so the instrument isn't damaged.

It is well built and it proctects the valuable instrument just as well as a hard case

Originally purchased as a replacement case for my baroque bassoon I found this gig bag will fit also a pair of baroque or classical bassoons quite nicely, or a modern and baroque instrument with some finesse