Shipped an instrument in a soft-shell case? What planet is he from?

Folks, I know that there are baggage handlers who seem to resent instruments and take our their aggressions on them. That's the topic of the first song.

Then there are the remaining luggage handlers. It so happens that my husband's job has taken him into the bowels of airports, where all the luggage is being sorted and shunted from here to there - at terrific speed and under pressure. In his words, it's hell down there.

So if you want to check an instrument, give it every bit of packing and protection you can. I leave the details for each kind of instrument for you to determine. But definitely don't check it in a soft case.