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I just watched a commercial on TV where a kid going to music camp in Canada ships his cello with FedEx Ground. The cello gets hung up in customs, and some gallant FedEx worker walks it through customs by hand so the little dipweed can get back to practicing.

I would so love to start ranting right now. It's like ten pounds of s#!+ in an eight-pound bag.

Scooby Tuba wrote:For you 'bug...

No, not just me, but the entire western world in general.
I thought it was funny, though!

You're right. They can't be trusted. Just our luck, a viola would make it through unharmed.

You'd think that if the kid were going to music camp, somebody (preferably Mommy and Daddy) would bring him (and presumably the cello as well).

Maybe to save on plane tickets (and time spent in homeland security lines, since customs is involved) the kid's in the box behind the 'cello...

OldsRecording wrote:You'd think that if the kid were going to music camp, somebody (preferably Mommy and Daddy) would bring him (and presumably the cello as well).

I would think so! After all, "there's always room ..."

Kevin Hendrick wrote:

OldsRecording wrote:You'd think that if the kid were going to music camp, somebody (preferably Mommy and Daddy) would bring him (and presumably the cello as well).

I would think so! After all, "there's always room ..."

Thank you.

i'm not even going to say anything.......if I had seen the commercial..............bah.....

Serge is NOT the only viola player in this group! I play (poorly) a 6/4 viola (17 3/8"). A real problem getting decent strings to fit. Finally found a guy in Texas who gets acceptable extra-length strings from China at a reasonable price.

Paul.
Horn (F)
Tuba
K'bds
Viola
---and I recently bought an alto clarinet (!)

I have one question about the FedEx commercial: who screwed up the paperwork in the first place, causing the cello to be "hung up in Customs"?

sloan wrote:I have one question about the FedEx commercial: who screwed up the paperwork in the first place, causing the cello to be "hung up in Customs"?

You misunderstood, good sir. Like most 'cellos, it was bragging, saying it was, "Hung, in customs"

duckskiff wrote:

LOTP wrote: (17 3/8").

You must be as tall as Bob1062!

Would that qualify as a BAV?

You may not trust 'em, but shipping your luggage may be a better choice than stowing it...

More than 1 million pieces of luggage lost, damaged or stolen May to July

andew the tuba player wrote:ok...Heres what id like to know...Whats so wrong with violas and cellos? I play BOTH (and a little bit of vilon). I love them. So, i make three so far.

I'm of two minds: I'm opposed to sax and violins on TV, but there's always room for cello.

I wouldnt ship a box full of "Rubber Dog ****" UPS FED EX USPS. DHL baby

sloan wrote:I'm of two minds: I'm opposed to sax and violins on TV, but there's always room for cello.

You've been waiting to post that since 1998, haven't you?

Four now, for viola. Mine is a 16 1/2, too big for me, but it has a nice sound.

My ex-cello teacher flies with her expensive cello in a hard case, and the only time she had a problem was when she was silly enough to put the music folder underneath the fingerboard. When the cello arrived the bridge and soundpost were down, but that was it. She has some foam blocks in the case, is all, and it is not a cheap cello, neither.

MA

Boy, you guys really take the fun out of viola-baiting!

TubaingAgain wrote:I wouldnt ship a box full of "Rubber Dog ****" UPS FED EX USPS. DHL baby

Hmmm...DHL...the company that sent my Weril by plane to Denver, then by truck to Columbus OH, then by truck to KC. Arrived 4 days late, they're lucky it was undamaged. They refused to refund any of the shipping fee, too.

DHL? No thanks.