Re: Re: [Harp-L] Subject: "Vintage" small leather suitcase on EbayforHarp/gear case?

[Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Murray" <dlmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Last month I flew with 7 harps in a padded Lee Oskar case that was in my 
> carry on backpac. No problem one way, the other they stopped me after the 
> X-ray and wanted to look into the bag. The harps. It was OK to carry them. 
> She said that the angle of the X-ray photo made it hard to tell what they 
> were.

i just travelled with my harps in the same case.  i made it a point to
bring it as carry-on, and as i approached the security checkpoint, i
unzipped the case and laid it flat, open, on the conveyor.  the security 
guy thanked me for doing so.  i told him i thought it'd look to suspicious
otherwise, and he said that was definitely so.

on a previous trip, a single harp in my backback caused 5 minutes
of consternation as they ran it back and forth and back and forth through
the machine, trying to figure out what it was.

i think the best thing is to be as open and obvious about what you've
got as possible.  don't wait for them to see something "suspicious",
cause once that happens, a whole different set of rules and expectations
kicks in.


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