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TSA Snaps Rare Cello Bow

Called "an act of brutal and careless behavior" by cellist Alban Gerhardt

Reason Staff | 2.11.2013 1:40 PM

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A rare Heinrich Knopf bow belonging to Alban Gerhardt was damaged by security officers as he entered the US. In what the cellist called 'an act of brutal and careless behaviour', the bow stick (left) was snapped in two, over the bridge of the cello, by air security staff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, as they examined the case's contents. 

H/T Christina Penn via email 

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