[pianotech] Traveling

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---- Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote: 
> I will be traveling next week and was considering bringing my tuning hammer along.  What has your experience been with bringing a tuning hammer either in your carry on on the plane or in your luggage.

Long before 9/11, I had my tuning hammer confiscated from my carry on bag.  In fact, it was 1973.  Despite my explanation of what it was and what it was used for, they insisted that "it looks too much like a weapon."

Frank Emerson