[Trombone-l] Case ? - Traveling to Italy and UK

[Noreen Harris-Baer]

Hi Jeff and Bart,
My husband travels with a checked tuba case ALL the
time. He always walks his case over to TSA and watches
and waits for them to inspect it, and then locks the
case. He lets the people at the counter know right
away what he is carrying and that he has to be present
for the inspection. In 10 years - and even since 9/11
-  I have never seen him have a problem with this.
There have been some dings along the way from bag
handlers that don't lke lifting more than 40 pounds at
a time, but the cases have never been re-opened after
he locks them in the presence of TSA. So, for anyone
that wants to checked a properly packed trombone, just
make sure you are present.
Good luck to Bart.

Noreen

--- Jeff Albert <jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com> wrote:

> The SKB golf case thing worked well in the days when
> you could trust that it
> wouldn't be opened and (poorly) repacked without you
> present at some point
> during your trip.  Any case that has any chance of
> surviving as airline
> checked baggage depends on being properly and snugly
> packed, and with the
> current security scene I don't trust that it won't
> get unpacked without me
> present.
> 
> I use the most concise hard case that I can find
> because 1) it will fit in
> the overhead, and 2) if I am MADE to check it, it
> might survive.  I've never
> had to check it.  If Walt Johnson was still making
> trombone cases, that is
> what I would have.  He isn't, so I use an Eastman
> that has been fairly
> significantly modified with dense foam inserts.  I
> carry it on, and have
> never had any issues at all.  Maybe I have been
> lucky.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On 7/8/07, Andy/Shannon Skaggs <skaggs at ctc.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Bart -
> >
> > SKB makes a golf case that you can put your gig
> bag into.  Make sure you
> > stuff it around the edges with clothes or bubble
> wrap or something.
> > This has been a very good solution for a lot of
> traveling trombonists.
> > You just check it at the gate.  It's probably even
> safer (and certainly
> > cheaper!) than a Walt Johnson or any other type of
> hard case in my
> > opinion.
> >
> > - Andy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu
> > [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu] On
> Behalf Of Bart
> > Roberts
> > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:42 PM
> > To: 'Trombone-L'
> > Subject: [Trombone-l] Case ? - Traveling to Italy
> and UK
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm traveling to Italy, back to the US, and then
> back to England a year
> > from
> > now and need some advice on a case.
> > I have a Shires Tenor with F attachment and need
> some ideas on traveling
> > with it. Do not have a hard case.
> > Have contacted Walt Johnson and he stated they are
> not making those
> > cases at
> > this time. Any ideas? I have an
> > Altieri gig bag for it.
> >
> > Thanks a ton!
> >
> > Bart Roberts
> > Elkhart, Indiana
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Dr. Noreen Harris Baer
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