Originally Posted by grouse

# Musical instruments will be handled very carefully and screeners will allow the owner to be as involved as possible in any physical screening.
# As a final resort, if the screener cannot clear an instrument through the x-ray and/or physical search, the owner may be asked to play the instrument.

http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/e...orial_1235.xml

Now that's something I'd like to see!

This ever been done at your checkpoints, TSA folks?