Klarinet Archive - Posting 000848.txt from 2002/11

From: "R. Williams" <rwilliams@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Post 911 Travel with Instruments
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:01:16 -0500

Hi:
I'm going to be heading out to the West Coast and wondered if anyone has
had any issues traveling by air with their instruments. The reason I ask
is that I spoke to a session musician who had all kinds of problems a few
weeks back with security while traveling with his clarinet. He was delayed
to the point he missed his flight because security had issues with his cork
grease, then had a fit about the tuner and finally insisted that he
assemble the clarinet and play "something" to prove that it wasn't all a
ruse to sneak something onboard. He said one person said "well, you could
use it as a club."

I just wanted to see if this was an exception or if others have had issues.

Thanks
Rick W

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