Re: [Harp-L] traveling with instruments

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to put a sticker on my bass harp that says "This machine
kills bassists".

On 12/15/09, David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I always hand-carry my fishing tackle box rig on board airplanes etc.
> Three reasons:
> (1) It's as sure to arrive as I am;
> (2) I've no luggage bulky enough to pack it;
> (3) it's emblazoned with the 60's era sticker bearing a strike fist and the phrase, "Strike The War Machine,"  which I love to take through the airport since most TSA types - hell, most Americans - are in love with the war machine, so a small poke in the eye, thank you very much.
>
> I never get hassled about the harps, beyond a simple query, and I always have at least one in my pocket and usually a couple in my jacket/shoulderbag, too.
>
> Don't forget Woody's "This guitar kills fascists."  A bit too bloody & ironic for me, although I'm no pacifist, either!
>
> Dave "(deleted by NSA)" Fertig
>
> --- On Tue, 12/15/09, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Re: [Harp-L] traveling with instruments (was PRX » Piece » NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans)
>                Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:47 AM
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>            From:
>            "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
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>                To:
>                "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>                Rob -
>
> I
> remember a few years before that hanging out with Toots backstage at
> the Concord Jazz Festival. Toots introduced me to Ray Brown, who was
> standing next to his bass case, which looked like a refrigerator.
> String bass players are known to either buy a seat on the plane for
> their instruments, or hire instruments locally when they travel. But
> Ray had it all aced with this monstrous case to protect his ax, and was
> enthusiastic in talking it up. Toots seemed very interested, so the
> case you saw may have been an upshot of that conversation.
>
> Harmonica
> content: Who is willing to check their harps in as luggage to avoid the
> hassle of schlepping, explaining to baggage screeners, etc., and who
> insists on keeping their harps in their possession the entire time?
>
> Winslow
>
> Winslow Yerxa
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> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
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