We recently crated a piano for shipment to Germany that a missionary owned. We built the crate then laid a large sheet of thick plastic on the bottom of the crate. The piano was placed on top of the plastic. The plastic was brought up and over the top of the piano. The critical step would be to seal all the edges of the plastic. I had done some super-insulation on a home I lived in and used some sort of tacky caulking compound that adhered to the plastic vapor barrier. This backed up with old fashioned duct tape should give a fairly tight seal. To be extra sure throw in s few bags of silica gel like Yamaha uses. This absorbs excess moisture. You may also want to check with any piano dealers that receive shipments from outside the country. You could possibly get a lot of the materials from a crate and re-use them. Glenn Grafton Grafton Piano & Organ Co. Souderton PA 215-723-6900 >To the List; > >I'm in the process of moving my grand piano from Poland to the US. It will >travel via Atlantic Ocean. snip >Question: How can you seal the piano on your own? Any special material >(plastic foil) is reguired? Can such old wood (sound board) be significantly >affected and how by the sea air? > >Any suggestions will be greatly appreciate. > >Paul Siwko-Bajon > >Piano Tech >Indiana University
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