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Re: Sending Clars Overseas

Author: donald
Date: 2024-04-13 07:10

Hi there Tim, good to hear you're returning to the lucky country- I hope one of the bands there will look after you!
Marie often flies around with multiple instruments in her hand luggage... and I too have flown with A/Bb/Eb clarinets in hand luggage. We tend to do that without the instrument case- joints can be wrapped in bubble wrap, and several instruments fitted into a plastic box (air tight food container from the super market). Bells and barrels, that need less protection, can just go inside a sock!
My way, using the plastic box (you have to search around for something the right size), you can fit multiple instruments in a small space and they are still protected.
Marie tends, rather than using the plastic box, to put instrument joints into these cloth bags that many historic players use, and roll them up, put them in hand luggage and then guard it with her life so no one sits on it or puts anything on top of it. I first saw a recorder player use this method back in the 1980s but would never have dreamed of doing that with an instrument with keys. Regardless, Marie does this with both her historic and modern instruments (often travelling with up to 6 or 7 instruments- including her modern pair).
Of course, you'd then have to ship the empty cases to Aussie, but that's less risky (and they weigh less) than sending the instruments that way.
I hope this was helpful.

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