Case insert to secure woodwind reeds

A reed container for transporting woodwind reeds, having a base, a mid-section and a tip, comprising,

• a chamber for holding the reeds has two parallel sidewalls and two walls that are perpendicular to and contact each sidewall,
• a container opening defined by the two side walls and the two walls that connect the sidewalls,
• a multiple panel system, within the chamber, that includes at least two parallel panels that hold each reed in a base to tip arrangement, and
• a cover of sufficient size to close the container opening and is in contact with the multiple panel system upon closure,
• where a first panel of the multiple panel system includes an opening that receives the reed base and a second panel of the multiple panel system includes an U-shaped opening, which receives the mid-section of the reed, the opening on the first panel and the U-shaped opening on the second panel are aligned and support the reed at no more than two points of contact, and where contact of the reed tip with a wall that connects the sidewalls is avoided by the U-shaped opening on the second panel, which has a width less than the opening on the first panel and wherein the multiple panel system includes a panel attached to the cover, which, when the container opening is closed, is positioned between the first and second panels and in close proximity to the mid-portion of the reed, when present, thereby confining reed movement to be within the U-shaped opening.