you can try Jiri Bednar in the czech republic http://www.ika.zrns.cz/catalog.eng/default.htm
I have one of those for my archlute it works very well when flying. Good luck Patrik www.patrikkarlsson.se > Its getting to be summer workshop season. I'm not going anywhere > this year, but thinking ahead to next year. Air travel in the US > has become nearly impossible, from what I can tell, at least on > United, with a lute. Some people do it by only having a small > 6 course lute that may fit in the overhead bin, whether its > strictly legal or not. I've tried various things, including checking > the lute in a custom built shipping crate, and also buying the > lute a ticket (the airline's preferred option I'm sure.) The > shipping crate is now large enough to invoke the oversize penalty > fee, and if I'm not very careful how I pack it, maybe also the > overweight penalty fee. I checked the United web site, and the > current prices for these are $175 for over size, and $125 for > overweight, and of course they are separate and you might be > charged for both. Oh, and that's one way. That's a minimum of > $350 for using my shipping crate, and a random ticket price for > Cleveland (thinking LSA next summer) was around $400. Now the > time I paid for a ticket for my lute, even though I called and > booked through the United call center, they failed to give me/us > bulkhead seats, which is a requirement when you are strapping in > something like a lute case. And now, of course, to book directly > through United costs an extra fee. :-( > > So what I wonder is this. Does anybody know of a company that > will make custom fiberglass instrument cases, that might be able > to make a lute case for checked baggage on the airlines? I have > in mind the sort that you see cellos in that seem to be fiberglass > on the outside, and custom shaped foam on the inside. Any > thoughts? > > Suzanne > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
