> ... drop ... plane to the ground ... In this situation a strong case is counter-productive.
Better might be a weaker case, like the crumple zones in a car: http://www.hk-phy.org/contextual/mechanics/mom/impul04_e.html > in the overhead bin.. >  > I have however heard nightmare stories with instruments in heavy steel flight > cases, which ended up broken nevertheless. 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... >  >  > good luck >  > Bruno > > 2013/10/17 Herbert Ward <[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.  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 > > > > > -- >  > Bruno Cognyl-Fournier >  > www.estavel.org >  > > --
