[Scott Dorsey]

Frank Stearns wrote:
Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?

What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in
general? (These would be smaller-body Neumanns and Gefells - no big
tube mics with their equally large power supplies.)

I have had them ask me what these things are (mostly 441s and Schoeps mikes
which are what I tend to travel with), but never had any problems.

I've had drum keys confiscated, had them spend a lot of time inspecting
hand-wired cards, had an allen wrench taken, spent three days in immigration
detention for having a suspicious passport, and generally been harassed for
having long hair and a beard. But microphones have been no problem.

I have given up even trying to travel with unprocessed film, though.
--scott


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