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

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> I've traveled with my harps quite a bit.  I prefer to carry them on.  I 
> shudder
> to think of some TSA agent opening my bags and "inspecting" my harps.  I
> usually carry a shoulder bag with about 20 harps, a couple of mics and a 
> mic
> cable.  Sometimes the screener lets it all go, sometimes we open each case 
> to
> see what's inside.  I've never been asked to play them, which would seem 
> like
> the logical thing to do to prove they are harps.  I was once asked by the
> screener "Why you got so many?  You only got one mouth."  I probably 
> wouldn't
> carry on an tool kit.  I've lost too many 2" knives and scissors.
>
> Best Regards to All,
>
> Larry Boy Pratt


When I did the return trip to Australia via Kuala Lumpur at Easter I went 
through four X-ray checks.  My carry-on bag contained a Lee Oskar harp case 
with seven harps lined up inside like an explosives pack.  The bag also 
contained my Fender mini-twin battery amp.  I was questioned only once out 
of the four times about my bag contents, and that was only about the harps, 
not the detonator - oops, I mean the mini-amp!

Steve

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