The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59418 Message #3822258
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
23-Nov-16 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Well, it's probably just as well that the teleporter can't be used. Musical instruments made of Brazilian rosewood prior to 1970 are exempt from certain provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). But if an exempt instrument is transported via teleporter, the process of disassembling it down to the molecular level and then reassembling it makes it, technically, a brand new instrument. This would result in loss of exemption and likely confiscation of said instrument in the event its owner should ever take it across an international border. Better to put the old Martin in the back seat and drive.