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05-27-2009, 06:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston | | | British Airways and my 1955 Kay C1
Hi folks,
Who has experience with getting money from airlines when they damage your bass? I filed a claim and I've called British air. They said that they have a maximum compensation of $1100. I've taken the bass to a local luthier in Boston, he looked at it and came up with a solution to replace the entire neck, scroll, and fingerboard for $2200. But I don't find it worth the money to fix the Kay... Please share with me some of your experiences.
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05-27-2009, 06:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Upstate, SC | | | Keep looking into luthiers... I am sure you can find someone who will do it for less... is the rest of the bass OK?
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05-27-2009, 06:31 AM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | In that pic, is that how it was packed for shipping? |
05-27-2009, 07:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand | | | This is what travel insurance is for... topping up what the airlines are required to cover. |
05-27-2009, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Freddels  In that pic, is that how it was packed for shipping? | I wondered the same thing. If you didn't have it in a hard case or at least a cardboard box stabilized with wood beams, you're lucky as hell.
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05-27-2009, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Heifetzbass ... I am sure you can find someone who will do it for less... | Isn't this always the case? |
05-27-2009, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer Isn't this always the case? | Not only in Luthierie.
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05-27-2009, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | | Hard lines man, that's a nasty mishap. But you're lucky cos my parents bought a wooden statue on holiday and the head got snapped off. The airline didn't pay a penny because it was "an unusual shape".
You're lucky you got anything, and that the damage wasn't more severe.
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05-27-2009, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Not only in Luthierie. | Oh Paul, behave! Quote:
Originally Posted by arvinz Hi folks,
Who has experience with getting money from airlines when they damage your bass? I filed a claim and I've called British air. They said that they have a maximum compensation of $1100. I've taken the bass to a local luthier in Boston, he looked at it and came up with a solution to replace the entire neck, scroll, and fingerboard for $2200. But I don't find it worth the money to fix the Kay... Please share with me some of your experiences. | 2200 bucks will get you another real nice old Kay, if you look around. From the look of the pic, I'd be surprised if the rest of the bass isn't trashed as well.
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