Flight hassel with cello

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Glad to hear this one worked itself out! I fly a lot but fortunately not with my cello. </p>

<p>As for fighting city hall, a few years back I read this most amazing book about the small claims court system, and how certain behaviors/attitudes/language choices got results while others did not. The books’ insights have really informed how I deal with any gigantic corporation (“please hold, your call is very important to us”): </p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Rules versus Relationships: The Ethnography of Legal Discourse (Chicago Series in Law and Society) (9780226114910): John M. Conley, William M. O’Barr: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Rules-versus-Relationships-Ethnography-Discourse/dp/0226114910]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Rules-versus-Relationships-Ethnography-Discourse/dp/0226114910)</p>

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<p>Something new to worry about with your cello:</p>

<p>[Why</a> carrying a cello could stop you from entering Britain | Tom Service | Music | guardian.co.uk](<a href=“http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2010/nov/17/musicians-uk-border-agency-rules]Why”>Why carrying a cello could stop you from entering Britain | Classical music | The Guardian)</p>

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<p>“Apparently, for immigration officials at Heathrow, to have an instrument automatically means you are working –”</p>

<p>It’s that easy for instrumentalists to find work in the UK? Just show up with your fiddle? ;)</p>

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<p>And they say size doesn’t matter… ;)</p>