traveling with tuning tools

[dan amihud]

Hey Tom,
I also had an experience with having to carry some tools on a plane(actually 
going to Steinway & Sons factory in NY). They didn't even give me the option 
of stowing them in my carry on. I had to stow them in the suitcase & for the 
duration of the travel I freaked but fortunately they arrived there & back 
O.K.  I'm originally from Israel & if you think THAT is a hassle, well then 
you have no clue what it's like to REALLY go through airport security..... 
It's a good thing all around - those extra measures, believe me.
-Dan RPT


>From: Tvak@AOL.COM
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: traveling with tuning tools
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:28:06 EDT
>
>I'm off to Reno tomorrow, and just to be safe, I called United Airlines to
>inquire if I would have any trouble taking my tuning kit on the airplane.
>The woman at United asked me what kind of tools was I planning to take on 
>the
>airplane?  I told her I had screwdrivers, pliers, a tuning hammer...  She
>interrupted, "How many screwdrivers?"  OK... "I have two big ones, a 
>phillips
>head and a standard, and two small ones, also a phillips and a standard."  
>I
>was put on hold until she could talk to a supervisor.  She came back a 
>minute
>or two later and said she wanted a complete list of all the tools that I
>wanted to take on the plane.  However, if I wanted to stow the tools in my
>baggage, it was fine.
>
>I told her I would just take my hammer, mutes and tuning fork, and stow 
>them
>in my luggage.
>
>That's all I'll really need in Reno, but what if I was taking the technical
>test and I needed my tools?  I guess I'd just have to stow them in with the
>baggage.
>
>Anyone else ever experience any difficulties traveling with your tools?
>Never having flown anywhere with my tools before, I was just lucky that I 
>had
>the sudden impulse to call the airline and check.
>
>Tom S.

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