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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 10:19 am
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Originally Posted by Ancien Maestro
Yes.. the problem exists with most musicians..

I've transported my trombone in my highschool years.. and the stuff gets banged around on a bus and on the plane..

I shuddered when I purchased a vintage Hamburg Steinway B and had it restored.. a process that took 2 years.. and had it shipped via a truck from Burnaby BC to Calgary.. I had contracted the best movers in BC, specially deliver just my piano.. with a humidity controlled cabin.. and it had to be on a day where the weather was not below 0 celcius and humid.. Loaded up the insurance, and the whole 9 yards.. Plus I installed a double damp chaser to ensure proper humidity for the piano, so it wouldn't crack in the dry Calgary weather..

God forbid, if I had to board a plane with stradavarius.
Flying with instruments is one of the more vexed topics on a music board I frequent. There are many postings on how to carry a violin unobtrusively (backpack cases are recommended). I did have a friend who flew with her fiddle in her lap on a short intra-Europe flight--"you'd cradle a baby in your arms, right? This is my 'baby'."

But I imagine that most musicians playing old Stradivarii get to fly up front, where carryon regs are often a bit more relaxed.

A singer never has this problem.
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