{"product_id":"wades-handmade-piano-bags","title":"Wade's Handmade Piano Bags","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"\u003e\n\u003ctitle\u003eWade Merrick — Handmade Leather Keyboard Bags · Product Information\u003c\/title\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@600;700;800\u0026family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700\u0026display=swap');\n\/* ============================================================\n PRODUKTSEITE — Marlow Market Co. \/ Merrick Leather\n Farbwelt: Pergament \/ Tan \/ Espresso \/ Sattelbraun \/ Altmessing\n Thematik: Leder (Sattlernaht) + Klavier (Tastenmarke)\n Alle Regeln mit !important, gescopet unter .kb-wrapper\n ============================================================ *\/\n.kb-wrapper {\n --bg: #F6EFE1 !important;\n --card: #FCF8F0 !important;\n --panel: #EDE3D0 !important;\n --line: #DCCDB2 !important;\n 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class=\"kb-wrapper\"\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Hero --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-hero\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-mark\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch2\u003eCut by Hand in Gloversville, New York\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-hero-sub\"\u003e\n Wade Merrick, 73. His grandfather cut his first pair of gloves in this town in 1931, his father cut after him, and Wade has been at the same bench since 1974. When the tannery he had bought from all his working life shut its doors, he took the hides that were left rather than watch them go out as scrap — and spent two years cutting them into \n \u003cstrong\u003e398 keyboard bags\u003c\/strong\u003e\n . This is the final run. There is no second workshop and no more of this hide.\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Story --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-story\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-story-quote\"\u003e“My mother taught me to play in the evenings, on the upright in the front room. There was one piece she asked for more than the others, and when I got to the end of it she said the same thing every time, in French, because that’s how her mother had said it to her. Fifty-one years of leather all day and the piano at night, and it never once occurred to me the two had anything to do with each other — until I was about seventy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-story-cite\"\u003e— Wade Merrick · Merrick Leather, Gloversville, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Includes --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-includes\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-kicker\"\u003eWhat You Receive\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch2 class=\"kb-title\"\u003eEverything That Ships With Your Bag\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-inc-grid\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-inc-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-inc-icon\"\u003eTHE BAG\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eYour Keyboard Bag\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eFull leather, cut and finished by one pair of hands. Flat structured base, one-handed flap, ready to carry the day it arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-inc-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-inc-icon\"\u003eYOUR SIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eLarge or Small\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eLarge 13.8″ × 9″ (35 × 23 cm) for sheet music. Small 8.3″ × 5.9″ (21 × 15 cm) for keys, phone and a pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-inc-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-inc-icon\"\u003eTHE STRAP\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eTwo Ways to Wear It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA detachable strap that re-clips to be worn across the body or over both shoulders. Same fitting on both sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-inc-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-inc-icon\"\u003eTHE NUMBER\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eStruck by Hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eYour bag’s number pressed into the inside of the flap with his father’s steel dies. Numbers run to 398, then stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Features --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-features\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-kicker\"\u003eWhy This One\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch2 class=\"kb-title\"\u003eSix Things You Won’t Find on a $16 Copy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-intro\"\u003eEvery detail below came out of fifty-one years of watching other people’s work fail, and knowing exactly where it fails first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-grid\"\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-feat-icon\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eLeather, With Nothing Bonded To It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eCoated bags are a thin polyurethane film sitting on a fabric backing. Humidity breaks the film down, it loses its grip and lifts — tacky first, then a flake on your thumb, usually inside two to three years. Leather has no film to lose. It does not peel. It darkens where your hand goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-feat-icon\"\u003eThe Strap\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eDoubled Where Straps Actually Break\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA strap never fails in the middle. It fails at the fixing, where the whole load pivots on two stitches. That is the one place Wade puts a second layer of leather behind the seam. It is invisible, it costs him time, and it is the reason the bag outlives the bags it is copied by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-feat-icon\"\u003eStructure\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eIt Stands Up When You Set It Down\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA flat, stiffened base, so the bag sits upright on a bench, a pew or a passenger seat instead of folding over the moment you let go. No board, no plastic frame — the shape comes from the hide itself, which is why it holds loaded or empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-feat-icon\"\u003eThe Flap\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eOpens With One Hand\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eBecause the other one is holding something. And at the thumb point — the spot on the flap that gets pushed every single time — there is a firmer patch of leather. That is where coated bags crack first. Here it goes dark instead, and after a year it stops looking like anybody’s bag but yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-feat-icon\"\u003eThe Keys\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eA Real Octave, Not Decoration\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Correct spacing, correct groups of two and three black keys across the front, and his mother’s line — \n \u003cem\u003eC’est ma chanson préférée\u003c\/em\u003e\n — stamped where your hand rests when the bag is closed. Wade plays. He would have noticed. Most of the copies got it wrong and nobody checking them could tell.\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-feat-card\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-feat-icon\"\u003eCapacity\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003eBigger Inside Than It Photographs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe large one takes loose sheet music laid in sideways — not a ring binder, and not a bound method book standing upright, and Wade would rather say so than have one come back. The small one was cut for a different job entirely, not scaled down from the large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Craft note --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-expert\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-expert-kicker\"\u003eCraft Note\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-expert-quote\"\u003e“You can tell hand-cut leather goods from the coated ones before you have even opened them. Real hide has weight without padding — there is no foam sheet glued behind a lining doing the work. Look at the edge: on a coated bag you feel the cut line where the film stops, often sealed with a bead of paint that chips. A burnished, folded edge takes considerably longer and it is the reason the thing does not fray. And a coated bag has a shelf life whether you use it or not. Leather does the opposite. The places that get handled most are the places that improve.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-expert-cite\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-expert-name\"\u003eDale Whitfield\u003c\/span\u003e\n — Saddler, 34 years · Bench-trained, Upstate New York\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Perfect for --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-perfect\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-kicker\"\u003eWhere It Goes\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch2 class=\"kb-title\"\u003eMade For Being Carried, Not Displayed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-tags\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Everyday Carry\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Lessons \u0026amp; Rehearsals\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Sheet Music\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Recitals \u0026amp; Concerts\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Crossbody or Backpack\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Travel \u0026amp; Weekends\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n A Gift for Someone Who Plays\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-tag-dot\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n Music School \u0026amp; Campus\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Quality promise --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-list\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-kicker\"\u003eQuality Promise\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch2 class=\"kb-title\"\u003eFive Things You Get With Every Bag\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-items\"\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-item\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-text\"\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003eCut by Wade, Start to Finish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \u003cspan\u003eEvery bag is cut, assembled and finished by Wade himself in the room above Bleecker Street he has worked in since 1974. No assembly line, no second pair of hands on any part of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-item\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-text\"\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003eFull Leather — Nothing Coated, Nothing to Peel\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \u003cspan\u003eCut from the last hides his tannery ever sold. The first run was wrong and he scrapped it: the tannage looked excellent new and went grey after two winters. What ships now is the version he was willing to put his name on.\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-item\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-text\"\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003eTwo Sizes, Cut For Two Different Jobs\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \u003cspan\u003eLarge 13.8″ × 9″ (35 × 23 cm) takes sheet music. Small 8.3″ × 5.9″ (21 × 15 cm) takes keys, a phone and a pencil. Both share the same strap fitting, so a strap from one works on the other.\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-item\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-text\"\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003eNumbered By Hand, With His Father’s Dies\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \u003cspan\u003eEach bag carries its number struck into the inside of the flap with the same set of steel dies his father used. Look-alikes have turned up on the big marketplaces and are hard to tell apart in a listing photograph. The number is how you know.\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-item\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"kb-list-text\"\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003e398 Made — Final Run, No Reorders\u003c\/strong\u003e\n \u003cspan\u003e398 is not a marketing number, it is how many bags those hides made. When the shelves are empty the key goes back and the workshop closes. There is no 399.\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Guarantee --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-guarantee\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-mark\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003ch3\u003e30-Day Money-Back Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eCarry it about. If it isn’t what you thought when it arrives — the weight, the stitching, the size, anything at all — put it back in the post within 30 days for a full refund. No questions and no forms. Wade sold these at markets for years to people who could pick the thing up first; this is the closest we can get to that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Workshop note --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-note\"\u003e\n \u003cspan class=\"kb-note-title\"\u003eA Note From the Workshop\u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA hide is not a rectangle. The spine is dense and good, the edges are thin and stretchy, and the useful part is smaller than people assume — which is why the flap panels come out of the back where the leather is tightest. Small differences in grain, tone and marking between one bag and the next are not faults. They are what a hide looks like when a person laid it out on a table and decided where to cut. No two are identical, and that is the point. Wade’s granddaughter Nora set up the shop after people at the markets kept asking where else they could be found; the two of them pack every order themselves, on the same bench he cuts on, which is why it occasionally takes a day longer than it should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- Specs --\u003e\n \u003csection class=\"kb-specs\"\u003e\n \u003cp class=\"kb-kicker\"\u003eThe Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003ch2 class=\"kb-title\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px !important\"\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003ctable class=\"kb-table\"\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFull leather outer, cut from the last hides of a Gloversville tannery — no coating, no bonded film\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eCut and finished by one pair of hands; folded and burnished edges; doubled leather behind the strap anchor; firmer patch at the thumb point\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eSizes\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003eLarge\u003c\/strong\u003e\n 13.8″ W × 9″ H (35 × 23 cm)\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cstrong\u003eSmall\u003c\/strong\u003e\n 8.3″ W × 5.9″ H (21 × 15 cm)\n \u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFits (Large)\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eLoose sheet music laid in sideways, a notebook, phone, keys and a wallet. Not a ring binder, and not a bound method book standing upright\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFits (Small)\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eKeys, a phone, a pencil and a folded programme\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eStrap\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eDetachable and re-clipping — worn across the body or over both shoulders. Identical fitting on both sizes, so straps are interchangeable\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eClosure\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFold-over flap, opens with one hand\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFlat and stiffened — stands upright loaded or empty. No board, no plastic frame\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFront Panel\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003e\n A correct octave — proper spacing, proper groups of two and three black keys — with \n \u003cem\u003eC’est ma chanson préférée\u003c\/em\u003e\n stamped beneath\n \u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eMarking\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eNumber struck by hand into the inside of the flap with his father’s steel dies\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eWipe with a dry cloth. A leather conditioner once or twice a year is plenty. Do not machine wash. The flap will darken at the thumb point with use — that is the leather working, not wear\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eUse\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eEveryday carry · Lessons \u0026amp; rehearsals · Sheet music · Recitals · Travel · Gifting\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eWade Merrick — Merrick Leather, Gloversville, New York. Third generation; cutting since 1974\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eFinal Run\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003e398 bags. No reorders — there is no more of this hide and the workshop closes when the shelves are empty\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003ePrice\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003e$49 per bag, either size — down from $109\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eShips from New York · free US shipping · 3–5 business days\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eSold By\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eMarlow Market Co. — the only place Wade’s bags are sold\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eGuarantee\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003e30-day full refund, no questions asked\u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003c\/table\u003e\n \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Marlow Market","offers":[{"title":"Medium - 8.3″ × 5.9″","offer_id":54675613155671,"sku":"DBAD9-FQ046001","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large - 13.8″ × 9″","offer_id":54675613188439,"sku":"DBAD9-FQ047001","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/9505\/2887\/files\/hf_20260823_173501_e76d7657-9cdc-4b01-ba6e-c64a1e0c563b.png?v=1787506642","url":"https:\/\/www.marlowmarketco.com\/products\/wades-handmade-piano-bags","provider":"Marlow Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}