Klarinet Archive - Posting 000218.txt from 2006/08

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Travelling with instruments
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:51:55 -0400

Collectors Insurance Agency----I think they are in Baltimore-----FABULOUS insurance for "collectors". That would include MANY of us.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Bowen <bowenk@-----.com>
>Sent: Aug 15, 2006 3:17 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Travelling with instruments
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>I have just got back home to the UK from New Mexico. Apart from the ban on
>liquids/gels there was no problem on the two internal and one transatlantic
>flight that I took. I carried on (after inspection) my laptop, ipod, two
>cell phones, books and the Wiseman quad case containing two clarinets and a
>basset horn. I'd rather not check the latter but it would have been OK, now
>I understand from Forest that in big planes at least, the hold temperatures
>are the same as cabin temperatures.
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>I am quite convinced that my clarinets in the Wiseman case would survive a
>drop of 30 feet onto concrete. The case would get scuffed though. I didn't
>have time to check REI for a golfer's outer bag.
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>I am sympathetic to the plight of cellists etc. The hard cello cases that I
>have seen do not approach the strength and protection of a Wiseman. The
>market has not developed yet. If the bans on hand luggage out of the UK
>continue, we shall simply see a market grow for serious flight cases for
>every instrument, and for new insurance coverage. The Wiseman seemed
>expensive at the time but now seems good value and foresight!
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>My company regularly ships delicate scientific equipment - FAR larger than a
>double bass - around the world. It just has to be packed properly. The usual
>convention is that it should survive a drop of one metre onto concrete, on
>the corner of the packing case.
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>I have frequently checked a soprano clarinet into checked luggage; I put it
>in a BAM padded case and put that in my bag. I had to do this last week when
>the new regs came in while I was away (there was also toothpaste in my
>bag!). I didn't worry for a moment and it was fine. I'll do this on my next
>trip if the ban continues out of the UK, though I suspect it is temporary.
>Likewise for the laptop, but I will also have a backup hard drive in a
>separate case.
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>My biggest worry is terminal boredom on a transatlantic flight with no
>laptop, ipod or books! Now THAT is serious.
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>Keith Bowen
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: klarinet-return-88276-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org
>[mailto:klarinet-return-88276-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On Behalf
>Of dnleeson
>Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:10 PM
>To: klarinet@-----. org
>Subject: [kl] Travelling with instruments
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>This rather lengthy article published in Great Britain speaks of
>the matter of travellling with instruments in today's world.
>There are a few horror stories, too.
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4784225.stm
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>Dan Leeson
>DNLeeson@-----.net
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