[Dixielandjazz] Horn damage -- Instrument damage

[Robert S. Ringwald]

At the recent Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, a banjo player was telling about 
another banjo player who was sitting on a plane and watched a lady baggage 
handler pick up his banjo, luckily in a strong traveling case, and throw it 
over her shoulder.  It landed where the tip (tuning pegs) of the neck would 
be.

To his relief, when he finally got the case and opened the banjo, it was OK.

I have seen musicians put instruments through baggage in non-traveling 
cases.  To me this is a complete no-no.

Some years ago there was a discussion of baggage handling on DJML, of music 
instruments on the airlines.  As I remember, an airline pilot said that he 
has seen baggage dropped out of an airplane 20-feet to the ground.

--Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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