Took a fixed-bell on American - Chicago O'Hare to Dallas/Fort Worth Int. and return - over Spring Break (last week of March 2003) - no problem. Simply asked the ticket counter people if it could be carried on and stowed in the front closet or overhead. Answer, "Sure, no problem."
Had to open it for TSA inspection a few times. Didn't have to play it to prove it wasn't a disguised bomb. (If I had played it, would they have thrown me off the plane? Everybody's a critic these days.)
Your mileage may vary. Every airport is different from every other. And every airline is different from every other within the same airport. And every airport is different from one hour to the next at the same checkpoint. All this despite TSA "standardization" of security procedures. (I run security computer systems at O'Hare, so I know whereof I speak.)
Good luck.
At 10:55 AM 7/2/03, you wrote:
... traveling on US Air ... would like to take my fixed bell horn ... anyone had an experience flying with a fixed bell ...
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