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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.music.folk
Subject: Re: Airlines and Hammered Dulcimers
Message-ID: <868@mako.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 19:05:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 19:05:45 1985
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In article <105800001@hp-pcd.UUCP> john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) writes:
>  Some professional musicians with large expensive instruments have been
>forced buy tickets for their instruments to keep them out of the hands
>of the airline gorillas. Their only consulation is watching the stewardess
>try and serve dinner to a cello.
>
It's not public knowledge, and you may have to press them about it, but most
airlines will sell a half-price ticket to large expensive instruments.  Of
course, they don't expect the instrument to turn into a human, and would
probably get upset if it did.  :-)
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