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Subject: Re: Cases

From: Scott Gibbons <scott.gibbons@...>
Date: 2003-04-15

> The flight cases will make my MOTM system cable for travel of any kind
> safely...

Actually... I've found that the way that the boards are mounted at a right
angle to the panel makes them very prone to damage during transit. Problem
is that the connections, on the pots especially, become weakened if the rack
is chucked 15 feet in the air into air cargo hold, as is SOP for the
airlines I've come to find out. (For the record, Lufthansa seems to be the
worst offender, and Air France seems the kindest so far.) After making a few
tours with the modules racked, I've taken to instead wrapping each one
individually just like Paul mails them out -- bubble wrapped and in little
boxes. Then I lose another day on the other end of the flight re-assembling
everything. It's a real pisser, so much so that I'm seriously considering
using a sampler live instead for any tours requiring airflight.

Just fyi......

best,
- Scott
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