Klarinet Archive - Posting 000553.txt from 2002/01

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] Orange Peels
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 05:48:55 -0500

On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:11:34 -0500, dnietham@-----.edu said:

> And, in the case of you period instrument folks - do they have period
> baggage inspectors to determine sharp objects? (440/415/4xx?)

Yes!

The thing is, they're really tightening up in Europe. It's not just
sharp objects, but ones that *might be* sharp. Last week I was
challenged that my modern clarinet would be sharp *at A=430*, and he
wasn't happy that I had some Mitchell Lurie 5s in the case, too. He
said that it was well-documented that hard reeds correlated with
sharpness.

In the end I had to promise not to open the case for the duration of the
flight.

No lemon in the gin-and-tonic either.

Tony
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