This is regarding flying with a lute. Assuming that you have a good flight case, is it better to check your lute or take it as a carry-on item?
When I look at the carry-on regulations, I see that the allowed size is much too small to accomodate a 63 cm lute. And when I put my lute into an overhead bin, I'm quite liable to the charge of "bin hog", especially dreadful when the plane is full. I did a carry-on a few months ago. I had no problems. But I'm always dreading a tap on the shoulder and someone saying, excuse me, but your carry-on item is too large. So, is it worthwhile to get a flight case and check the lute into the baggage handling system? Or should I stick with carry-on? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
