Traveling by Air with Your Instrument: Some Guidelines
Most musicians develop a knot in the pit of their stomachs when contemplating bringing their instrument onto an airline. We all know that violins and violas fit in the overhead compartments; that reed knives are not weapons; that the AFM and the TSA have reached a policy agreement about allowing instruments on board; that there shouldn’t be any problems! Yet all of us continue to hear horror stories about airline personnel at the gate insisting that the instrument be checked as baggage.
Eric Beers, a member of the AFM’s SSD staff, has extensively researched the dilemma musicians must confront when traveling by air with their instruments. He offers some very practical guidelines for you to consider before you purchase your ticket.
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