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I haven't travelled with my Renaissance lute inA a long time, and the old days I used to be able to take it as carry on luggage.A However, I have travelled to France as recently as 2 years ago with my Morrocan Oud in a well padded softcase, and had no issues for carry on, and the lute did fit in the overhead bin..A A I have however heard nightmare stories with instruments in heavy steel flight cases, which ended up broken nevertheless.A One friend literally saw the bagage handlers drop a viola da Gamba from the plane to the ground, and even though it was in a flight case, it ended up broken... the other solution is to buy another ticket for the lute... A A good luck A Bruno 2013/10/17 Herbert Ward <[1][email protected]> 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. A 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. A I had no problems. A 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? A Or should I stick with carry-on? To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- A Bruno Cognyl-Fournier A [3]www.estavel.org A -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. http://www.estavel.org/
