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News‘Swiss Air, if you don’t want cellos on board, just say so’: TÁR cellist suffers flight woes
Sophie Kauer was told by Swiss Air that her cello was ‘no longer welcome to travel’ on a booked flight, despite having booked a separate seat for the instrument
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NewsThe Corrs violinist left ‘humiliated’ after Ryanair refuses to let her board with violin
Sharon Corr was about to board a flight to Dublin but claims she was denied boarding by the airline for having her violin with her
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NewsCellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia kicked off Copa Airlines flight
Cañón-Valencia was forced to postpone a performance and masterclasses in Venezuela, after airline staff refused to accommodate his cello in the cabin
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NewsDouble bass wrecked on Southwest Airlines flight
Kaden Henderson received his bass with the neck snapped off following a flight from Denver to Milwaukee
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NewsUpdate: Airport reimburses cellist for bows broken in security check
Luton Airport apologises and agrees to reimburse Strad reader following incident in which he claims guards were careless
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FocusBritish Airways in the spotlight as violinist complains of boarding drama
Savitri Grier was asked to place her on-loan Goffriller violin in the hold but was eventually allowed to board when cabin crew was consulted
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NewsOrchestra travels with instruments on its laps after Aeroflot refuses cases on board
Video of Russian musicians giving impromptu performance on board after being forced to check in their cases – despite airline publishing musician-friendly policy in February
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VideoVideo: Ray Chen entertains airline passengers with Bach
The violinist plays the Gavotte from Partita no.3 aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Lisbon which had to take an unscheduled stop at Porto
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ArticleJennifer Stumm's viola sets off airport explosive detector
The American violist was travelling through London’s Gatwick airport when an explosive trace detection machine picked up a false positive on her instrument case
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NewsAlitalia foots the bill for smashed viola da gamba repairs
Airline has accepted responsibility for damage, says early music specialist Myrna Herzog
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NewsViol damaged aboard United Airlines flight
Instrument in hard case was placed in the hold at the gate but emerged with a snapped neck, says early music specialist Andrew Arceci
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NewsBritish Airways back in the spotlight as Kronos Quartet pledges to boycott airline after carry-on confusion
BA apologises for uninformed gate agent after pilot steps in to allow musicians to board with their instruments
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NewsAeroflot relents on hand-luggage rules following musicians' outcry
Russian musicians took to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement last week
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NewsAeroflot tightens hand-luggage rules – violinists running into problems
Russian musicians have taken to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement
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NewsDouble bass broken during flight – Virgin Airlines accepts responsibility
Australian bassist Liz Frencham arrived at Melbourne airport to find the scroll snapped off the neck of her Neville Whitehead travel bass
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NewsVictory for cellists as SAS blames misunderstanding for booking surcharge
Scandinavian Airlines had begun to impose $60 telephone booking charge on top of extra seat price, despite not offering an online booking option for cellos
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NewsSAS now charging $60 cello booking fee on top of extra seat price, complains cellist
Scandinavian Airlines changes rules to impose telephone booking charge, despite not offering an online booking option for cellos
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NewsNew photos: luthier Shlomo Moyal begins work on viol destroyed on Alitalia flight
Viola da gamba belonging to Myrna Herzog starts ‘long interesting journey’ to restoration at Jerusalem workshop
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NewsBritish Airways again at the centre of complaint from violinist
Staff confusion over supposed policy change appears at fault as chamber group made to buy four extra seats for instruments
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NewsCellist latest to fall victim to incomprehensible airline treatment
KLM proves unable to re-book seat for cello after flight cancellation, claims cellist Jacob Shaw, leaving him to pick up €650 bill