Musician's livelihood endangered by airline's mishap

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After a flight to Rochester, Christopher Wilke discovered that his 24-string baroque lute — a precision copy of one built in Germany in 1754 — had been crushed.
 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/22/christopher-wilkes-lute-saga-continues/4787787/

 

[LD3]

Hardly the first mishap in the airline industry....

 

[Kev3188]

Indeed.

That said, if my instrument cost $10k, and my livelihood depended on it, I might think about buying it it's own seat, like some cellists (sp?) do...

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

I would at least have some kind of hard, crush-proof case?