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Traveling by Air with Your Instrument: Some Guidelines

Traveling by Air with Your Instrument: Some Guidelines

Aug 18 2006
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Eric Beers
Eric Beers

Eric Beers is a Contract Administrator with the Symphonic Services Division (SSD) of the AFM. He received a Bachelor of Music with distinction in performance from the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in 1986, and a Master of Music in 1988, also from NEC. Both degrees are in clarinet performance. After freelancing with various orchestras in the Boston area, Eric performed with the Omaha Symphony for 10 years. While in Omaha, Eric also served on the Local AFM Board of Directors, as an Executive Board member of the Regional Orchestra Players Association (ROPA), and as the Orchestra Committee Chair of the Omaha Symphony. Eric has been with the SSD since January, 2002.

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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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