<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>Hey Phil, when I was visiting PianoDisc (Music Systems Research) in California, they had strung backs stacked on pallets  ............  vertical pianos with out any cabinetry or furniture parts attached  ..........  laying flat on top of each other.  I’d say about five to a pallet.  They were part of the output from their ..  at the time  ........  recently purchased M & H piano factory in  .......  uh  .....  Haverville, MA  me thinks.  I’d surmise from that pile o’ pianos that it’s OK to ship them flat on their backs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I’d suspect that if you did this from an unheated storage unit after a week of sub zero weather you’ve have issues.  I had issues with such weather but I’m not a piano and I moved from there in a mostly vertical position.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Beers to ya.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>lar</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>