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Author: Roxann
Date: 2015-11-07 05:42
Is it perfectly safe to travel with my clarinet on an airplane? I plan to put it in my small suitcase and put it in the overhead luggage bin. Any potential problems I should be aware of? Thanks for your help.
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Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr.
Date: 2015-11-07 06:36
I'd be very cautious about placing it in an overhead bin; rather I would let it share space with my feet on the floor. You have no guarantee that somebody won't--in an effort to jam a suitcase into a too small bin space, knock your case onto the floor.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2015-11-07 06:45
I travel a couple flights every week and have seen clarinets both under seat and in the overheads,with no problem. The air in a plane is a bit dry but nothing all that bad.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2015-11-07 07:45
Put your reed knife in your suitcase. They will take that. I've lost 2 from forgetting.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2015-11-07 08:29
You have to remember to pack the clarinet and the ammunition separately. ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
Tony F.
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2015-11-07 09:10
A quick search yielded no "Clarinet on Airplane". I expected to find at least something in the school band literature from the 1950's, perhaps a blend of the styles of "Clarinet on the Town" with "Flight of the Bumblebee".
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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Author: donald
Date: 2015-11-07 12:53
By "put your knife in your suitcase" I don't think Bob is referring to the suitcase you intend to take on the plane with you, but the one you will check in....
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-11-07 15:20
I've taken clarinets and oboes on as part of my hand luggage and stored them in the overhead compartment things with no problem.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Roxann
Date: 2015-11-08 00:48
You guys are always fun to "chat" with...you crack me up! Thanks for making my day! I'll be sure to pack the ammo separately!
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2015-11-08 23:30
clarinets are considered weapons ...avoid Eb clarinet airlines at all costs..
David Dow
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Author: donald
Date: 2015-11-09 01:06
The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra owned an E flat clarinet that lived in a plastic tube (similar to those used to transport plans etc) rather than an instrument case. Written on the exterior was "CSO Rocket launcher", which could create trouble if it were taken on the plane.....
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Author: BflatNH
Date: 2015-11-09 21:51
Sorry your searched didn't turn up anything.
Check these threads:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=426710&t=426705
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=400797&t=400734
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