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About Time for a Flight Case?
Over at Adaptistration Drew McManus has an update on airline restrictions in general, which do impact us as horn players.
If there were ever an issue that musicians’ unions, service organizations, and artist managers see eye to eye, it is the need for reasonable measures that allow musicians to bring their instruments on board the aircraft when traveling for business related purposes. Following the botched terror attack of a U.S. airliner over the holiday, airport security has ratcheted up to such a level that many musicians are being forced to check instruments. I’ve received at least a dozen notes from musicians since the incident and perhaps unsurprisingly, they are panicked over the increased measures.
He further notes that “Some musicians are reporting that airline carriers are still requiring them to check instruments regardless if they comply with carry-on measurement requirements.”
With audition season coming up I suggest the most compact screw bell case possible. There are several options; my main travel case currently is a Marcus Bonna MB4 flight case, available from a number of sources. They describe this case, one of a number of options they offer, in their website, and this image is linked from their description. I would consider buying one that has a removable bell section [such as the MB3, mentioned in comment #3 below]. Above all you don’t want to check a horn as luggage.
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