Klarinet Archive - Posting 000645.txt from 1998/12

From: Martin Pergler <pergler@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Bass clarinet airline carry-on
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:17:09 -0500

Once again, I will be flying with my (borrowed) bass clarinet. In
the past, agents at the check-in counter (mainly Air Canada) have
made no objections to me carrying through a large bass clarinet case
in one hand, and Bb/A case with laptop computer in music pocket in
the other hand all the way to the airplane. When it was a tiny
plane, there would be a cart for oversize luggage right by the door;
I'd put the bass clar on it, the ground crew would put it (gently)
into the cargo hold within sight of the passengers, and bring it
back to the door on landing---a reasonable compromise. When it was a
large plane, I'd carry everything on.

Now I hear all sorts of horror stories about strict enforcement of
carry-on guidelines. Should I expect to have to check the bass,
along with the risk of it falling of a luggage cart somewhere or
being sent to Timbuktu?

More succintly, anyone have *recent* experiences flying with a bass
clarinet as carry-on?

Thanks, Martin

--
Martin Pergler pergler@-----.edu
Grad student, Mathematics http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~pergler
Univ. of Chicago

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