traveled with flute lately?

Irish Flute
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My Olwell blackwood has come with me in my carry-on to every single country I’ve been to since I got it. So far the list is as follows: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ireland, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, plus lots of airports. So far I am asked to take it out of my bag almost every time, but I haven’t had any trouble beyond that. I should note as well, that through all this travel I have not had one single problem with my Olwell - no cracks, no major swelling or contraction - nothing. On top of that I rarely oil it, no do I humidify it - I just keep it in a Cavalarro case… it’s an amazingly well made flute.

Peace,
Chris

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I’ve gotten the “stick of dynamite” explaination also. Sometimes, depending on how the flute is positioned in my backpack, they can see the fingerholes in the x-ray, and then they don’t have a problem, but if they can’t see the fingerholes, they search. I’ve also learned to just take it out of the pack before it goes through x-ray, and no problems.