I fly to LAX from UK annually and routinely take one or two gurdies. The best way I found is to get hold of the largest hard shell suitcase the airline will allow and then swaddle the instrument with clothing etc so there's at least 2" of padding all round. I've never had any damage this way. Incidentally, the first time I used this, I plastered the case with "Fragile" stickers. I was less than amused when due to a tight flight schedule I was asked to carry the gurdy case and another basic one across Chicago terminal. On arrival at the loading area, the baggage handler took my basic case and placed it on the conveyor. He then took the gurdy case and - maybe because it was relatively light , literally threw it at the wall above the conveyor where it bounced down onto the belt. I had no time to take it up with him and would probably have wasted my breath. The gurdy arrived in tune and very happy .
Neil On Mar 9, 7:21 pm, Felicia Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad to hear both player and instrument arrived safe and sound! > > It really is a crap shoot these days as to what flight attendants > will allow or not. I'm really glad it worked out so well. Thanks > for posting! > > Felicia. > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Martin Lodahl wrote: > > > > > Well, I was off by a day on her flight date. She just called from > > the airport in San Francisco, had no trouble with Air France, and > > the vielle made the trip on the seat next to her. I can't imagine > > her actually buying a seat for it, so she must have been permitted > > to take it on as carry-on. All of this suggests to me that it was > > a fairly empty flight, and, as Felicia suggested, the stars and > > planets were in a favorable alignment. I also found out that she'd > > been able to reach both Penny Cloud and Richard Taylor by phone > > while I was playing my (viol) gig, so she did have some idea of > > what to expect. Thanks to everyone who responded, and I hope the > > next person suddenly presented with the prospect of an > > international flight with a vielle will profit from the excellent > > information in this discussion. > > > - Marty > > > -- > > Martin Lodahl of Auburn, California > > UNIX Pro, Musician, Motorcyclist > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be > > found athttp://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce > > spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the > > webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
