need info about Keyboard Carrage and others

Wimblees@AOL.COM Wimblees@AOL.COM
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:27:16 EDT


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In a message dated 6/10/02 9:35:34 PM !!!First Boot!!!, 
charter1400@charter.net writes:


> Keyboard Carriage, 270-737-5797
> Rick Dawson (rdawson@keyboardtech.com)
> Fax: 270-737-6640
> 
> They move only from one piano dealer to another.  There must be 18-wheeler 
> access at both ends.  They need a contact name & number at the pickup and 
> delivery dealer, and will need payment by money order or cashier's check at 
> one end or the other (arranged in advance).  They will give you a flat fee 
> quote when you contact them. 
> 
> They're based in Kentucky, and generally use it as a hub, like FedEx: one 
> truck is scheduled for pickup and transport to them, and another from 
> Kentucky to your destination.   Mine took just two weeks Minnesota to 
> Virginia; they say to allow a week to 10 days on each end.  I used local 
> movers at both ends to get to and from dealers.  No packaging was required. 
>  In fact, they prefer the fallboard to be unlocked so that it's not damaged 
> at the lip by being compressed with a strap.  They'll get it on and off the 
> truck at each end, usually with some assistance from the dealer (my thanks 
> to Hamilton Music in Rochester, MN for their help, since I'm just a private 
> individual doing the moving).
> 
> They did a fine job for me.  Others I haven't used:
> 
> 

Gordon

I have used Keyboard in the same situation as above, and was very satisfied. 
(Of course I was the dealer, and had to help load the piano) I got a bid from 
Modern, since they are located in St. Louis. By the time you pay for a local 
mover on each end, and pay Keyboard, it is cheaper than Modern.

Wim

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