Re: large instrument transportation

[MaxwellSt <MaxwellSt...>]

In a message dated 7/9/2001 9:42:36 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ganeydn (at) crocker(dot)com writes:


> Once arrived at a gig to find that the tail gut on my fiddle had 
> snapped.  The sponsors of the gig sent me to a local violin maker who 
> repaired it on the spot in time for sound check.
> 

On our way to the Ozarks for vacation, my violinist's A string snapped during 
the flight, and he found that he had brought no replacement.  Wanting to take 
part in a jam session, he was given one by a bluegrass fiddler who drawled, 
"You can have it, but it's hard and it's mean."  Sure enough, when he tried 
to tune up the steel fiddle string, it snapped the bridge off his instrument.
Always bring your own strings!
Lori