Re: [Harp-L] Harps on Planes -- Sort of Urgent

[billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

They let you have the LO toolkit in your carry-on? I'm shocked at that. I never bring mine because I just assumed they'd shoot that one down and I'd hate to have to make the "pitch it or get out of line" decision. Anyone else having any problem getting those throughh security (or success)? I'm sure a lot of you had experience, going to SPAH, unless you all checked them.

Bill Hines

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> Thomas - I've traveled with my harps in checked luggage many times and have had 
> no issues. I just make sure they are snug in their case and there's nothing in 
> the bag with them that could leak. 
> 
> On the other hand, when I carry them on, I have had nothing but trouble and end 
> up visiting the "little room" almost every time. Perhaps it's the Lee Oskar 
> repair kit that looks suspiciously like a jewel thief's 2nd story kit - (the 
> large Lee Oskar chisel could actually do some serious damage in the hands of a 
> terrorist), or it might be the Smokey amp in a Winston hardpack that they find 
> "interesting". They eventually let me board the plane. I still find that 
> amazing! 
> 
> Your harps will be fine in the hold. 
> -- 
> Ross Macdonald 
> 
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> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi there guys, 
> > 
> > This is a late notice, but I'm taking a plane today to head back home and am 
> > wondering if I can store my harps with my regular bags. Will the air pressure 
> > change and the cool air damage them? Rather not bother with a carry on 
> (playing 
> > them all for security is getting annoying). If anyone knows the answer can you 
> > email me off list? 
> > 
> > Sorry if this was dealt with before, but I leave in a couple of hours and 
> don't 
> > have time to search the archives. Should have thought of this earlier. 
> > 
> > Cheers, 
> > 
> > Thom Duggan 
> > 
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> only 
> > a little". -- Edmund Burke 
> > 
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> > philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for 
> > selfishness. -- John Kenneth Galbraith 
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