Klarinet Archive - Posting 001163.txt from 2000/04

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Big instruments
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:53:31 -0400

Klarinetters -

Looks to me like the musician's civil rights are being violated by denying
them employment rights when the employment requires long distance travel.

Everyone else is suing for one thing or another, so why not?

Gene Nibbelin
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From: avrahm galper [mailto:agalper@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Big instruments

You might have to buy your tuba a seat

>From the Globe and Mail

Airlines have been clamping down on what passengers can bring aboard
planes, causing grief for musicians who happen to play large
instruments.

Canadian Airlines set out rules for what one can bring. Musicians and
indeed anyone with a large object can buy an extra seat at the owner's
expense, effectively doubling the cost of the flight, strap in the item,
and maybe even get an extra bag of pretzels for the seat's occupant.
But there are limits. Tubas are OK and cellos are no problem.
But a double bass is a no-no.
Is this a bass bias?

--
Avrahm Galper
CLARINET TONE TECHNIQUE AND STACCATO
CLARINET UPBEAT SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
EINE KLEINE KLEZMER MUSIK
http://www.avrahm-galper.sneezy.org

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