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<font size=3>There is a process/forms to fill out with Customs prior to
shipping to gain clearance<br>
for the ivory. Pre-ban status (age) would have to be ascertained.<br>
<br>
After shipping, if discovered by Customs, the piano will be confiscated
and the ivory<br>
will have to be removed and destroyed. I'll be doing this to three pianos
next week in<br>
Boston because the dealer did not file the paperwork.<br>
<br>
His pianos usually made it through Customs unscathed but an over
exuberant agent<br>
was searching creates for smuggled goods.<br>
<br>
get the forms and avoid problems and extra expenses of new parts.<br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
Jon Page<br>
<br>
<br>
At 11:49 PM 12/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm shipping my Boesendorfer from Vienna to the states. Has any of
you<br>
shipped a grand from overseas? If so, I would appreciate some
advise.<br>
<br>
So far I've contacted 2 shipping companies and they're gonna get back to
me<br>
on the cost (air and sea). One of them may "pack" the
piano so I don't even<br>
need to be there in Vienna.<br>
<br>
This piano has 92 keys so it's probably the model 225. I'm
considering<br>
shipping the keys separately because of Ivory problems. Or even
strip down<br>
the ivory keys and make a new set at Pianotek.<br>
<br>
As soon as it's shipped here I will be looking to sell it.
HOpefully the<br>
lack of ivory keys won't affect the price too much... Does anyone
know if<br>
new keys would depreciate the value?<br>
<br>
Last but not least. If you know a technician in Vienna who can help
me,<br>
please let me know. Boesendorfer doesn't encourage people shipping
their<br>
pianos to other countries so I need external help.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post!<br>
<br>
Kuang Wang<br>
DataNaut, Inc.<br>
<a href="http://www.datanaut.com/" eudora="autourl">www.datanaut.com</a></font></blockquote></html>