Damage to cello during flight for auditions

musicprnt
Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:49:11 +0000

Just a note, it could also have been a TSA (or equivalent overseas), there have been cases where they took instruments out of the case, wanting to look at it, and damaged it, there was a case not long ago in Germany where apparently when they scanned the checked cello, they got curious about it, took it out and it caused damage (apparently it was also caught on security cameras who had done it), it was a very expensive cello, but the German government and the security arm the last I checked were refusing to reimburse for the cost of repair (fortunately, instrument insurance will cover that usually). I have also heard horror stories about TSA people handling instruments, thinking it was cool or something, friend of my son’s had that happen, some idiot opened the instrument when she took it through the carry on procedure, and went to open it, and she told them “That’s fine, but that is a million dollar instrument, and if you break it, you bought it”, and they immediately put it down unopened.