Always carry your harps in your carry-on bag. Especially on an international flight. Expect it to be hand searched every time at every check point. Don't ask why. The security folks are not supposed to answer that question. My guese is that on the x-ray screen your bag looks like it is filled with a dozen odd looking cell phones. Now what kind of a person would be traveling with a dozen cell phones? Here in Iraq cell phones are used to set off Improvised Explosive Devices AKA, road-side bombs. Don't make a fuss at the security check point. Just dump them out, blow a short riff and you will be on your way.
Gimpy Lassiter
Blues Man/Combat Engineer
Camp Victory South
Baghdad, Iraq
God Bless America!