Hi John, Tubular thingies on x-rays weren't too much of a problem. Once I'd demonstrated that they weren't automatic self-loading bagpipes they let me though - and in Italy the words 'cornemusa' and 'zampogna' just elicited a pitying shrug.
Slightly more seriously, I had no trouble with security, even despite the 30cm of welding rod stuffed up the chanter to bring mine into tune with the other players' pipes. Actually we had a much more interesting reaction taking Viv's concertina to Portugal last year. Not at all interested in my pipes, the chap at the Portugese end was highly suspicious of her, and wouldn't let her open the bag herself - she then had to demonstrate it (possibly the only time when "Jamie Allan" and "Salmon Tails" has been played by an English redhead in Faro airport) - but he then went and muttered grumpily at his colleague behind the x-ray machine for failing to identify what was clearly recognizable to the meanest intelligence as a musical instrument! Richard >----Original Message---- >From: [email protected] >Date: 19/03/2010 10:53 >To: "'[email protected]'"<[email protected]>, "NSP group"<[email protected]> >Subj: RE: [NSP] Re: Travel bag for pipes > > But you may get fun and games when all those tubular thingies show up on the X-ray! > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
