On Aug 24, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote: > If instrument-cases are X-rayed and examined at the ticket barrier, > and > sealed by the airline, I don't see why there cannot be an exemption > for > musicians to carry them on-board as hand-luggage.
I don't think "exemption" is a word that secutiry people (airport or otherwise) use a lot. An acquaintance of mine who is a violinist had her violin taken out of the case and examined by an airport security official last year. My friend got a little nervous and said, "be careful with that, it's worth thousands of dollars!" The official apparently said, "hey, we do the same thing even if it's Yo Yo Ma!" She (the official) then tried to force the violin back into the case upside down. Sort of ruined my friend's day. Lutes On A Plane? Pretty scary: Sammy L. starts taking his 10- course out of the case...aargh! a lute! we're dead for sure!!! DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
