[Trombone-l] flying with double bag

[John Burton]

I'm not sure that's a pay off we're willing to go with... Nekid Tuba
player in the Omm-Pah band... YIKES

Get THAT picture out of my mind's eye!!! 

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john burton
Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone
Kanawha Valley Community Band / Slide-by-Slide
South Charleston, West Virginia
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu 
> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of 
> thetubameister at adelphia.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:29 AM
> To: Daniel Pliskin
> Cc: trombone-l
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] flying with double bag
> 
> NPR had a story about United adding a cost for a second piece 
> of baggage.  Great, now I can fly with my tuba, but I have to 
> play naked.
> 
> J.c.
> 
> ---- Daniel Pliskin <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > I would not waste time calling the airline, based on my recent 
> > > experiences.
> > 
> > 
> > A few years ago, I called the airline and, based on what 
> they told me, designed a case that should have been allowed 
> on the plane.  When I got to the gate, they insisted that it 
> go in with luggage.  My wife handed me my English horn, I 
> handed her my trombone, and I was on my way.  That would not 
> work if you were flying to a gig.
> > 
> > I suppose, if you had checked luggage, you might be a 
> little more insistent on taking your trombone on board.  
> Since 9-11, they really don't like to take luggage without 
> the owner.  And they really don't like having to unpack all 
> of the luggage to take your bag out.  In that the 9-11 
> terrorists were willing to die, in the process, the whole 
> airport security thing seems silly.   But that's a whole, 
> long non-trombone-related  thread, in and of itself.  *1
> > 
> > If you're not trying to start a revolution and just want to 
> get where you want to go, Maybe you can find a guitar case 
> that's large enough to fit a trombone.  My Telecaster would 
> probably be fine in luggage without a case.  And yet, I can 
> take it on-board.  
> > 
> > Packing the trombone in two boxes, one for the bell and one 
> for the slide, will probably do the trick.  Someone, a few 
> years ago, suggested that a slide fits in an arrow box.  
> > 
> > 
> > DanP
> > 
> > *1  PS.  Evidently, some English Aramaic scholars found 
> that quote about how Moslems who died while fighting a jihad 
> go straight to heaven and have 15 virgins (What do women 
> martyrs get?).  It isn't in the Koran.  They were 
> particularly troubled by it because although the word is now 
> slang for "virgins", its original meant white raisins.  So 
> quite possibly, these martyrs are dying for 15 white raisins?  
> > 
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