Re: Mandolins on airplanes
Originally Posted by
sblock
Ah, but Ranald, you are spreading tall tales! Your story, regardless of whether it happens to be true, or has been somewhat exaggerated, is not the norm for air travel with a violin. And it never was the norm. Learn to read more closely, please: I did not at any point call you, nor your friend, a liar. I wrote that the story you related was "exceptional" and "not representative." I said that your telling of this story was "second-hand" and "unverified." I stand by all those things.
I did not suggest that this story was typical or that anyone shouldn't fly with a mandolin. It was simply a humorous response to post #18. My experiences flying with instruments have been positive, and I generally find that flight attendants try to be helpful, and security guards too, though less so. My friend is a professional musician, who, like you, flies regularly, and is more likely to run into those weird things that sometimes happen. As Chuck says in Post #25, "It’s all good...until it isn’t...Usually it’s fine, but be prepared in case it’s not..."
To everyone reading this: I'm not suggesting that you don't take your mandolin on a plane.
To sblock: We've both had our say, so unless you want the last word, let's drop this discussion for the sake of everyone else. In truth, I don't think we disagree about flying with instruments.
Ranald
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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