Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-21 Thread Chris Tedesco
Regarding the TSA letter.  When I was confronted with my horn by a certain
overly sassy stewardess, she said Well, we don't have time to check on that,
so just get on the plane.  I had an earful, but my horn was safe.  

The better method is to humbly ask to put the horn in the crew's locker because
you didn't know it wouldn't fit and it's too valuable and fragile to check. 
When I did this, I also made sure I was the last person on the plane, so I
wouldn't hold up everyone else.  

The way I see it, my horn is the single most expensive thing I own, (including
my car), so under no circumstances will I allow it to be checked under the
plane.  Make up any excuse to keep that horn from being mangled by the
airlines.  


Chris
--- Carlberg Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 At 4:25 PM -0600 3/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
 screening process.  It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
 carry the instrument on-board.
 
 
 Hi, Ron -
 
 
 The TSA letter doesn't seem to limit itself to AFM members. I have use it
 several times, but generally haven't needed to do so.
 
 The TSA letter dated January 17, 2003 says, in part, On December 20, 2002,
 TSA instructed aircraft operators that effective immediately, they are to
 allow musical instruments as carry-on baggage in addition to the limit of
 one bag and one personal item per person as carry-on baggage on an
 aircraft.
 
 For me, the only place I've needed to be careful is on entering the plane
 itself, nowhere else. And, as has been said, a smile and a polite request
 have always netted a place for my horn in a closet.
 
 
 Regards,
 
 Carlberg
 
 P.S. If anyone wants a PDF file of that letter, just let me know.
 
 Carlberg Jones
 Guanajuato, Gto.
 MEXICO
 
 
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Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-21 Thread Chris Tedesco
Some people notice a difference in the sound, good or bad.  For those who think
it's not as good as a cut bwll, I suppose to them that's the downside. 
Personally, I'm not sure.  I had a 668V cut and it played BETTER.  The ring
rounded out the metal a bit, so maybe that's why.  

When you have such work done on your horn, you always run a risk of not liking
the result.  Having said that, I'd have no qualms int he future of having the
bell on a horn of mine cut by a seasoned professional.  The travelling benefits
to me are very important.

Chris
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Is there any downside to a screw -bell?  What about having a fixed bell 
 converted to screw on? Any downside to that?
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RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-21 Thread arsmiley
Do any traveling professionals board airplanes with only back-up or alternate 
horns that pack 
conveniently?  I'd imagine someone who owns a horn that is either irreplaceable 
or simply darned 
expensive might find a more common horn acceptable for the occasional TDY.   
One of these could 
still be insured, and if lost, stolen, or mangled would be much less of a loss 
to the owner.

-Original Message-
From:   Chris Tedesco [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:   Monday, March 21, 2005 9:38 PM
To: The Horn List
Subject:Re: [Hornlist] Re:  fixed bell and airlines

Regarding the TSA letter.  When I was confronted with my horn by a certain
overly sassy stewardess, she said Well, we don't have time to check on that,
so just get on the plane.  I had an earful, but my horn was safe.

The better method is to humbly ask to put the horn in the crew's locker because
you didn't know it wouldn't fit and it's too valuable and fragile to check.
When I did this, I also made sure I was the last person on the plane, so I
wouldn't hold up everyone else.

The way I see it, my horn is the single most expensive thing I own, (including
my car), so under no circumstances will I allow it to be checked under the
plane.  Make up any excuse to keep that horn from being mangled by the
airlines.


Chris
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RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-21 Thread hans
If you expect trouble when checking in for your flight, you
can prevent this by informing the airline in advance, that
you have to carry your valuable musical instrument on board.
That is official and it works.

=== 

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of arsmiley
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:45 AM
To: 'The Horn List'
Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

Do any traveling professionals board airplanes with only
back-up or alternate horns that pack conveniently?  I'd
imagine someone who owns a horn that is either irreplaceable
or simply darned 
expensive might find a more common horn acceptable for the
occasional TDY.   One of these could 
still be insured, and if lost, stolen, or mangled would be
much less of a loss to the owner.

-Original Message-
From:   Chris Tedesco [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:   Monday, March 21, 2005 9:38 PM
To: The Horn List
Subject:Re: [Hornlist] Re:  fixed bell and airlines

Regarding the TSA letter.  When I was confronted with my
horn by a certain overly sassy stewardess, she said Well,
we don't have time to check on that, so just get on the
plane.  I had an earful, but my horn was safe.

The better method is to humbly ask to put the horn in the
crew's locker because you didn't know it wouldn't fit and
it's too valuable and fragile to check.
When I did this, I also made sure I was the last person on
the plane, so I wouldn't hold up everyone else.

The way I see it, my horn is the single most expensive thing
I own, (including my car), so under no circumstances will I
allow it to be checked under the plane.  Make up any excuse
to keep that horn from being mangled by the airlines.


Chris
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Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-16 Thread MARKSUERON
Is there any downside to a screw -bell?  What about having a fixed bell 
converted to screw on? Any downside to that?
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RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-16 Thread arsmiley
Is there any downside to a screw -bell?

Simply for the convenience of the case I like a cut bell horn.  A friend, 
however, noted that every 
time he wants to put the horn down for an unattended moment he has to 
disassemble the horn to get 
it back into the case.  Having once had my assembled horn, with the open case 
that it rested upon, 
fall from a chair and wrinkle the bell, I learned the hard way that his concern 
is valid.

What about having a fixed bell converted to screw on? Any downside to that?

Well there's the cost of the conversion and the cost of the new case.

Russ Smiley
Marlborough, CT

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Is there any downside to a screw -bell?  What about having a fixed bell
converted to screw on? Any downside to that?
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RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-16 Thread Loren Mayhew
   When you are at home, you can continue to use the convenience of the
fixed bell case; that way you don't have to keep unscrewing the bell
umptyumpt times every week.
   
Loren

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arsmiley
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:13 PM
To: 'The Horn List'
Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

Is there any downside to a screw -bell?

Simply for the convenience of the case I like a cut bell horn.  A friend,
however, noted that every 
time he wants to put the horn down for an unattended moment he has to
disassemble the horn to get 
it back into the case.  Having once had my assembled horn, with the open
case that it rested upon, 
fall from a chair and wrinkle the bell, I learned the hard way that his
concern is valid.

What about having a fixed bell converted to screw on? Any downside to
that?

Well there's the cost of the conversion and the cost of the new case.

Russ Smiley
Marlborough, CT

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Is there any downside to a screw -bell?  What about having a fixed bell
converted to screw on? Any downside to that?
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RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-15 Thread Bill Gross
I think what TSA is saying is that it is not requiring airlines to ban
instruments as carry-on.  This is different from telling them that airlines
must require it be placed with hold baggage.  It does not restrict airlines
from imposing other requirements such as an instrument that could block an
emergency exit, etc.  Just my opinion of the subject.  With same you can get
a cup of coffee at Starbucks for $5.00, without this opinion the coffee will
only cost you $3.00

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt
Pollack
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:35 PM
To: The Horn List
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

Now I'm confused.  Carlberg seems to be saying that the TSA letter to 
the airlines requires them to allow any and all instruments as a 
carry-on.  The TSA policy on the Web site specifically says, the air 
carrier determines whether an instrument meets the size requirements for 
their aircraft.  Certainly the TSA can't be saying that an airline has 
to allow a tuba, a string bass or even a tympani as a carry-on (at least 
without buying another seat for it).

So, what's the real scoop here?  Must airlines allow an instrument as a 
carry-on regardless of size restrictions that apply to everything else?  
Or will folks here never quite agree?

Matt Pollack
Topsham, Maine

Fred Baucom wrote:

Thanks, Carlberghaven't looked at it recently but thought the letter
mentioned instruments allowed as carry-ons.after Ron's note, was
thinking of getting checked for Alzheimer's...
 
Fred

Carlberg Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

At 4:25 PM -0600 3/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
screening process. It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
carry the instrument on-board.




Hi, Ron -


The TSA letter doesn't seem to limit itself to AFM members. I have use it
several times, but generally haven't needed to do so.

The TSA letter dated January 17, 2003 says, in part, On December 20, 2002,
TSA instructed aircraft operators that effective immediately, they are to
allow musical instruments as carry-on baggage in addition to the limit of
one bag and one personal item per person as carry-on baggage on an
aircraft.

For me, the only place I've needed to be careful is on entering the plane
itself, nowhere else. And, as has been said, a smile and a polite request
have always netted a place for my horn in a closet.


Regards,

Carlberg

P.S. If anyone wants a PDF file of that letter, just let me know.

Carlberg Jones
Guanajuato, Gto.
MEXICO


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Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-15 Thread BrassArtsUnlim
In a message dated 3/15/2005 6:43:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think what TSA is saying is that it is not requiring airlines to ban
instruments as carry-on.  This is different from telling them that airlines
must require it be placed with hold baggage.  It does not restrict airlines
from imposing other requirements such as an instrument that could block an
emergency exit, etc.

You're very close to mark, here.  Airlines cannot automatically bar an 
instrument from being carried on just because it's an instrument.  They cannot 
count 
it against your carry-on quota as anything other than another carry-on item.  
They must inspect it if you ask to carry it on.  In other words, they can't 
require you to check it just because it's a musical instrument.

Other than that, they can restrict it for size reasons, or any other 
criterion as far as what can go into the cabin with you.  Airlines have a good 
deal of 
discretion in this regard, and it's mostly because of the size of the 
instrument.  Oversize instruments, such as tubas, are allowed in the cabin, but 
because of their size the airline can (and does) require you buy a seat for it. 
 A 
tymp cannot go into a cabin, period.  It's too big for any commercial 
passenger cabin.  Horns are just one of those gray area size items - often just 
a 
little bit too big for a carry-on, but not so big that they will recoil in 
horror 
at the size of it.  As most have mentioned, a lot depends on how full the 
plane is and how tired the crew are.  

Oddly, crews will very often happily allow violins and violas, despite the 
fact that the cases are always too long for the carry-on guidelines.  You 
almost 
never hear of a violinist being asked to check their instrument.  But the 
crews' attitudes towards horns varies widely.  Curious.

Dave Weiner
Brass Arts Unlimited
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Fwd: [Hornlist] Re:  fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-15 Thread CORNO911
 
---BeginMessage---
To add a bit more confusion to the subject,
I have had many different responses to carrying my horn on board, but one was 
probably the most honest.
After having to buy an extra seat for my horn on a flight to a concert series 
in Banff that I was playing, I finally got fed up with all of the regulations 
that I had encountered and decided to try to go to the source of who knew 
what.
I spent about 5 hours one day on the phone with United staff people (read 
flunkies) until I frustrated one individual to the point that she gave me the 
phone number of their Vice President of International Baggage.
When I finally got through to this person she asked me how I had obtained her 
number?
I explained to her that I had coerced it out of one of their staff after much 
persistence.
She then said that since I had made it that far, she would give me the 
information I was looking for and be very honest about it but that I probably 
wouldn't be very happy about it.

She said that whether or not I was able to carry on my horn most likely 
depended on the attitude of the last person (usually a flight attendant) that I 
would encounter before I boarded the plane.
If that person was in a good mood and feeling in a helpful mode, I would 
probably get the horn on.
If the person was feeling harassed and having problems getting people on the 
plane, it would take some gentle (or more) persuasion.
If that person was having a bad day, forget it.

Her comments have proven to be quite on track.
So my advice is to keep your horn as much out of sight as possible -- for 
example, if you are with someone at the ticket counter who is with you but not 
going on the flight, they keep the horn while you are checking in. If you can 
make it to the boarding platform with your horn, it is generally more of a 
problem for them to send you back to baggage counter than it is to stow it 
inside 
the plane.
I have even had a stewardess put my horn in her own personal carry on space 
using this technique.
I know other players who have used this method and it generally works out 
O.K.
Paul Navarro
---End Message---
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[Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-15 Thread Ron Boerger
Several responses to folks on this topic. Hopefully the formatting of 
the included text will be preserved...

from: Carlberg Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

Hi, Ron -
The TSA letter doesn't seem to limit itself to AFM members. I have use it
several times, but generally haven't needed to do so.
 

I agree, but the member in question objected to the response, hosted on 
the AFM website, being made public to non-members.  When I hosted the 
TSA response using my own web resources, I was told in no uncertain 
terms to remove it.  As I *had* obtained the letter from the AFM 
website, and as I have had unpleasant dealings with the legal 
profession, I elected to comply and to refer people to the TSA's site 
instead. 

The TSA letter dated January 17, 2003 says, in part, On December 20, 2002,
TSA instructed aircraft operators that effective immediately, they are to
allow musical instruments as carry-on baggage in addition to the limit of
one bag and one personal item per person as carry-on baggage on an
aircraft.
 

That conflicts with the TSA's own website, which says:
You may carry one (1) musical instrument in addition to one (1) 
carry-on and one (1) personal item through the screening checkpoint.  
This is a TSA Screening Policy.  Air carriers may or may not allow the 
additional carry-on item on their aircraft.  Please check with your air 
carrier prior to arriving at the airport.

The letter is not a guarantee that the horn will be allowed as carry-on, 
just that you'll be able to get it through the screening process and to 
the gate. 

For me, the only place I've needed to be careful is on entering the plane
itself, nowhere else. And, as has been said, a smile and a polite request
have always netted a place for my horn in a closet.
 

Courtesy often works well, but I've seen it have no impact and people 
forced to check their horns, too.  We just got back from a trip to 
Seattle with a band where there were several people in exactly this fix 
- and that's not the only time.

--
from: Bill Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re:  fixed bell and airlines
I think what TSA is saying is that it is not requiring airlines to ban
instruments as carry-on.  This is different from telling them that airlines
must require it be placed with hold baggage.  It does not restrict airlines
from imposing other requirements such as an instrument that could block an
emergency exit, etc.  Just my opinion of the subject.  With same you can get
a cup of coffee at Starbucks for $5.00, without this opinion the coffee will
only cost you $3.00
 

True; what the TSA is also not saying is that it is requiring airlines 
to ALLOW instruments as carry-on.  The policy as promulgated on the 
website has gone through several different iterations, and I believe it 
reflects the current reality more than a letter dated January, 2003.  If 
the TSA had instructed operators that instruments must be permitted as 
carry-ons, and if those instructions were currently valid, wouldn't you 
think it would be reflected on a TSA page devoted to musical instruments?

True, we *are* dealing with a US government agency here.  ;-)
--
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re:  fixed bell and airlines
[...] You're very close to mark, here.  Airlines cannot automatically bar an 
instrument from being carried on just because it's an instrument.  They cannot count 
it against your carry-on quota as anything other than another carry-on item.  
They must inspect it if you ask to carry it on.  In other words, they can't 
require you to check it just because it's a musical instrument.
 

Airlines don't inspect luggage!  The TSA does!  And that's all this 
covers, it's what the TSA will allow you to carry through the screening 
checkpoints.  As the TSA website says, they do NOT set carry-on policy 
for the airlines.

You will USUALLY be OK.  You are not GUARANTEED to be OK, and that 
letter is not going to help you a bit if you encounter an intransigent 
gate agent, or bump up against airline policy that is unsympathetic to 
musicians (and specifically people with medium-sized or larger 
instruments such as horns).   Gate agents have more power over what you 
can do than anything else.  That's why it usually pays to be courteous, 
something the people portrayed on the reality series Airline never 
seem to figure out. 

It may seem like I am picking nits here, or that I am the one being 
intransigent.  In reality, all I am trying to do is to make people aware 
that, when it comes to instruments, that TSA policy and airline policy 
are NOT one and the same. 

Ron Boerger
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[Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-14 Thread rboerger
The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
screening process.  It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
carry the instrument on-board.  And since I was scolded by an AFM member
for having the temerity to refer to the taxpayer-funded response to that
organization when this topic came up last, I would recommend non-AFM
members refer to the TSA's own policy statment, which can be found at:

http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?content=0900051980069ab5

Note especially the following statement:  Air carriers may or may not
allow the additional carry-on item on their aircraft.  Please check with
your air carrier prior to arriving at the airport.

Regards,
Ron Boerger
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Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-14 Thread Carlberg Jones

At 4:25 PM -0600 3/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
screening process.  It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
carry the instrument on-board.


Hi, Ron -


The TSA letter doesn't seem to limit itself to AFM members. I have use it
several times, but generally haven't needed to do so.

The TSA letter dated January 17, 2003 says, in part, On December 20, 2002,
TSA instructed aircraft operators that effective immediately, they are to
allow musical instruments as carry-on baggage in addition to the limit of
one bag and one personal item per person as carry-on baggage on an
aircraft.

For me, the only place I've needed to be careful is on entering the plane
itself, nowhere else. And, as has been said, a smile and a polite request
have always netted a place for my horn in a closet.


Regards,

Carlberg

P.S. If anyone wants a PDF file of that letter, just let me know.

Carlberg Jones
Guanajuato, Gto.
MEXICO


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RE: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-14 Thread Bill Gross
Thanks; I was wondering what us rat members of the list could do to get
good information.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 4:25 PM
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
screening process.  It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
carry the instrument on-board.  And since I was scolded by an AFM member
for having the temerity to refer to the taxpayer-funded response to that
organization when this topic came up last, I would recommend non-AFM
members refer to the TSA's own policy statment, which can be found at:

http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?content=0900051980069ab5

Note especially the following statement:  Air carriers may or may not
allow the additional carry-on item on their aircraft.  Please check with
your air carrier prior to arriving at the airport.

Regards,
Ron Boerger
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[Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-14 Thread Fred Baucom
Thanks, Carlberghaven't looked at it recently but thought the letter 
mentioned instruments allowed as carry-ons.after Ron's note, was thinking 
of getting checked for Alzheimer's...
 
Fred

Carlberg Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

At 4:25 PM -0600 3/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
screening process. It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
carry the instrument on-board.


Hi, Ron -


The TSA letter doesn't seem to limit itself to AFM members. I have use it
several times, but generally haven't needed to do so.

The TSA letter dated January 17, 2003 says, in part, On December 20, 2002,
TSA instructed aircraft operators that effective immediately, they are to
allow musical instruments as carry-on baggage in addition to the limit of
one bag and one personal item per person as carry-on baggage on an
aircraft.

For me, the only place I've needed to be careful is on entering the plane
itself, nowhere else. And, as has been said, a smile and a polite request
have always netted a place for my horn in a closet.


Regards,

Carlberg

P.S. If anyone wants a PDF file of that letter, just let me know.

Carlberg Jones
Guanajuato, Gto.
MEXICO


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Re: [Hornlist] Re: fixed bell and airlines

2005-03-14 Thread Matt Pollack
Now I'm confused.  Carlberg seems to be saying that the TSA letter to 
the airlines requires them to allow any and all instruments as a 
carry-on.  The TSA policy on the Web site specifically says, the air 
carrier determines whether an instrument meets the size requirements for 
their aircraft.  Certainly the TSA can't be saying that an airline has 
to allow a tuba, a string bass or even a tympani as a carry-on (at least 
without buying another seat for it).

So, what's the real scoop here?  Must airlines allow an instrument as a 
carry-on regardless of size restrictions that apply to everything else?  
Or will folks here never quite agree?

Matt Pollack
Topsham, Maine
Fred Baucom wrote:
Thanks, Carlberghaven't looked at it recently but thought the letter 
mentioned instruments allowed as carry-ons.after Ron's note, was thinking 
of getting checked for Alzheimer's...
Fred
Carlberg Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 4:25 PM -0600 3/14/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

The AFM letter only details what the TSA must allow through its
screening process. It does NOT mandate that the airlines allow you to
carry the instrument on-board.
   


Hi, Ron -
The TSA letter doesn't seem to limit itself to AFM members. I have use it
several times, but generally haven't needed to do so.
The TSA letter dated January 17, 2003 says, in part, On December 20, 2002,
TSA instructed aircraft operators that effective immediately, they are to
allow musical instruments as carry-on baggage in addition to the limit of
one bag and one personal item per person as carry-on baggage on an
aircraft.
For me, the only place I've needed to be careful is on entering the plane
itself, nowhere else. And, as has been said, a smile and a polite request
have always netted a place for my horn in a closet.
Regards,
Carlberg
P.S. If anyone wants a PDF file of that letter, just let me know.
Carlberg Jones
Guanajuato, Gto.
MEXICO
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