Hand Carry Gig bags
- JonTbone
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- Joined: Jan 04, 2024
Need help in finding travelling trombone gig bags which are approve to hand carry into international flights
Please suggest!
Please suggest!
- harrisonreed
- Posts: 6479
- Joined: Aug 17, 2018
There is no such thing as a failsafe carry-on gig bag. They have the Cronkite flight bag, which is probably the most compact option when you separate the slide and bell bags, but there is still no guarantee that you will be allowed to carry that on the flight. In that case, your handing over your trombone in a soft bag to a baggage handler who will be slamming it with the other gate checked stuff under the plane. You will notice that the new Cronkite company doesn't even pretend that the old flight bag is meant to go on a plane -- the new page barely mentions air travel and links to instructions from a different brand of bags for flying with horns, with tips like "use a torpedo bag" and "have $50 ready to bribe the flight attendant":
<LINK_TEXT text="https://glenncronkhite.com/product/trom ... avel-cases">https://glenncronkhite.com/product/trombone-travel-cases</LINK_TEXT>
When flying, your best bet is to use a case like "The Tank". Gig bags are a roll of the dice without even putting flights into the mix. You can even check your gig bag or case, stuffed with clothes, mutes, or whatever, so you have it when you land.
http://the-tank.us/instrument-cases/trombone-cases/
I've flown these routes with the Tank, with no damage to my horns despite the outside of the case taking a beating:
Alaska to DC
DC to Seoul
Seoul to Colorado
Colorado to Tokyo
Tokyo to Texas
If you can fly JAL or ANA, then you can fly with the normal hard case because they will put your instrument into a flight case and handle it with care. I have flown all over Japan, even to Mongolia this way.
<LINK_TEXT text="https://glenncronkhite.com/product/trom ... avel-cases">https://glenncronkhite.com/product/trombone-travel-cases</LINK_TEXT>
When flying, your best bet is to use a case like "The Tank". Gig bags are a roll of the dice without even putting flights into the mix. You can even check your gig bag or case, stuffed with clothes, mutes, or whatever, so you have it when you land.
http://the-tank.us/instrument-cases/trombone-cases/
I've flown these routes with the Tank, with no damage to my horns despite the outside of the case taking a beating:
Alaska to DC
DC to Seoul
Seoul to Colorado
Colorado to Tokyo
Tokyo to Texas
If you can fly JAL or ANA, then you can fly with the normal hard case because they will put your instrument into a flight case and handle it with care. I have flown all over Japan, even to Mongolia this way.
- Burgerbob
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[quote="Ackley"]What type of trombone can you take on a plane?[/quote]
any of them except contra, really. I have flown with my bass many times in an appropriately sized case.
any of them except contra, really. I have flown with my bass many times in an appropriately sized case.
- tbdana
- Posts: 1928
- Joined: Apr 08, 2023
What size horn do you want to take on the plane?
If it's a small bore horn, personally I've found the Marcus Bonna jazz case to be both very small for easy fits, and very strong to avoid damage to the horn in the event it has to be checked.
If it's a small bore horn, personally I've found the Marcus Bonna jazz case to be both very small for easy fits, and very strong to avoid damage to the horn in the event it has to be checked.