That price was for air shipment. I think it was fedex. Al - High Point, NC On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Victor Belanger wrote: > Thank you Al and Steve for your help. > > Victor > >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:00:27 -0500 >> From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Overseas shipping to USA & Ivory issues. >> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP4397012A8144A16149F351DD190 at phx.gbl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> The last piano shipment I did overseas was to Belgium. Crating and shipping was $3000.00. I don't know what the crating charge would be in England, but this should be a good starting point. The piano was a Steinway and did have ivory key. I declared the date of manufacture as 1936 and had no problem. >> >> Al - >> High Point, NC >> >> >> >> On Dec 20, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Victor Belanger wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I have a few questions from a client. She has a Bosendorfer 6' that has interest to ship to here from England. Would anybody have any idea of a ball park figure of cost? She is trying to weigh wether it is worth the cost. >>> The other question I have is what is the situation with ivories? I would guess that this instrument has ivories (from the late 70's). Is it still that documented papers from the origination of where the ivories hve been purchased, and where has the elephant was killed? >>> >>> Thanks a lot. >>> >>> Victor Belanger >>> Belmont, MA >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:49:30 -0800 (PST) >> From: Stephen Grattan <lostchordclinic at ameritech.net> >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Overseas shipping to USA & Ivory issues. >> Message-ID: <919583.49971.qm at web180008.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi Victor, >> >> Your should probably contact the US Customs agents and run it by them.? I know >> that it is possible to get permits- but Customs will be the final word on cost >> (if any) and need for permits.? Also, you?will need the age of the instrument >> and country of?manufacture. >> ? >> Steve Grattan >> Lost Chord Clinic >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Victor Belanger <vbela at MIT.EDU> >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 8:09:24 AM >> Subject: [pianotech] Overseas shipping to USA & Ivory issues. >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have a few questions from a client. She has a Bosendorfer 6' that has interest >> to ship to here from England. Would anybody have any idea of a ball park figure >> of cost? She is trying to weigh wether it is worth the cost. >> The other question I have is what is the situation with ivories? I would guess >> that this instrument has ivories (from the late 70's). Is it still that >> documented papers from the origination of where the ivories hve been purchased, >> and where has the elephant was killed? >> >> Thanks a lot. >> >> Victor Belanger >> Belmont, MA >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101220/33133e78/attachment-0001.htm> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech mailing list >> pianotech at ptg.org >> http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech >> >> >> End of pianotech Digest, Vol 26, Issue 76 >> ***************************************** > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101221/9a0e95a7/attachment-0001.htm>
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