Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-04-01 16:36
I just flew this past week from Maryland to Florida and return, with bari and tenor saxes and a clarinet (metal!), and here's what I did after talking to the airline for their advice: I padded the inside of both the sax cases with bubble-wrap, and removed all knives, screwdrivers, reed clippers, and anything else that might be misconstrued as a weapon. I did not lock the cases nor tape the latches shut, as it was expected the baggage handlers might open the cases to inspect the horns (in fact they did on the return flight, as evidenced by a note they left inside the case, and that the bubble wrap was not re-installed the way I had done it). The clarinet was left fully assembled and individually bubble-wrapped, and laid on top of the tenor sax in the tenor case. I did not carry on any instruments, however, some of the other folks in the band carried on their smaller instruments, including clarinets, an oboe, trumpets, and violins. All had to open the cases at Security screening on their way to the gate, but nobody had a problem. They also had left all their knives and tools at home, although we probably could have put them in the checked luggage with no trouble.
Can't say everyone will have such an easy time, but things went very smoothly for us. None of my instruments was damaged in any way by all the handling.
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