A Cautionary Tale if Your Pipes Have Ivory

[cessna152towser]

http://www.pipesdrums.com/article/co...-at-us-border/
It looks like the two lads will get their pipes returned but it is perhaps worth bearing in mind to ensure the appropriate documentation if crossing national boundaries.

[vmac3205]

http://www.pipesdrums.com/article/co...-at-us-border/
It looks like the two lads will get their pipes returned but it is perhaps worth bearing in mind to ensure the appropriate documentation if crossing national boundaries.

My pipes will remain within the USA borders, but since I have signed several petitions to get rid of this ridiculous rule, I expect the USFW to show up at my door any day to confiscate them.

[tulloch]

Another example of the insanity of reactionary policies and laws. Too too bad. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[creagdhubh]

Ridiculous indeed. I heard about this through my good mate and professional piper, Matt Pantaleoni. He's just over in Scotland right now competing in the solo-piping circuit and heard the news there. Let's just say he's furious! And rightly so. He has been urging his fellow pipers and pipe enthusiasts here in America to write to their respected Congressman and Senators, as well as sign the various petitions that have been circulating.

"If you are a piper or piping enthusiast -- whether you own ivory pipes or not -- I urge you to write to your Congressman and Senators and make them aware of the new executive order's devastating impact on musicians generally and particularly pipers. We must make our voice heard! Musicians are not criminals!"

-Professional Piper and Piping Instructor Matt Pantaleoni, August 5, 2014

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Ivor...262753251.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougband...-as-criminals/

[Ron Abbott]

A politically correct world gone mad.

Is this sort of thing happening just in North America or elsewhere as well?

I've certainly travelled to/from the UK on a number of occasions with silver and ivory mounted pipes and the only time I've ever been stopped was going through security at Edinburgh Airport when the security guard, a former soldier; asked whether my drones were .303 or 7.62mm.

Once he laughed at his own joke, he let me through without any further issue.

[MacRobert's Reply]

Hopefully good sense will prevail and the pipes will not share the fate of the old sealskin sporrans that Scottish wedding guests had confiscated by US customs ... and never returned.

[vmac3205]

Ridiculous indeed. I heard about this through my good mate and professional piper, Matt Pantaleoni. He's just over in Scotland right now competing in the solo-piping circuit and heard the news there. Let's just say he's furious! And rightly so. He has been urging his fellow pipers and pipe enthusiasts here in America to write to their respected Congressman and Senators, as well as sign the various petitions that have been circulating.

"If you are a piper or piping enthusiast -- whether you own ivory pipes or not -- I urge you to write to your Congressman and Senators and make them aware of the new executive order's devastating impact on musicians generally and particularly pipers. We must make our voice heard! Musicians are not criminals!"

-Professional Piper and Piping Instructor Matt Pantaleoni, August 5, 2014

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Ivor...262753251.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougband...-as-criminals/

I wrote mine and heard NOTHING back. I shall try again. It is an election year.