worth transporting to Germany?

[David Porritt]

On Mon, 5 Feb 1996, Bob Simmons wrote:

> One of my clients is considering taking their Knabe upright (60-70 yr
> old) to Germany with them. They'll be back in the states in 3 years.
> Moving the piano from Southern California (desert, so-called where
> humidity changes rapidly from 20-80%) to Germany (where I understand it
> is consistently more humid) doesn't strike me as too bad, but I'm
> wondering if any of you have seen any problems with pianos coming back
> from Germany. They don't know what part of the states they'll return to.
>
> Any warnings bells I should sound for them?
>
> Bob Simmons, RPT
> CSU San Bernardino
>
> (by the way, I wanted to try signing onto this list from my aol account.
> Could anyone remind me how I subscribed, so I could do it again?)
>
Remember the article in the Journal a few years back about the man who
wanted to bring back his older Steinway with ivory keys.  Customs
impounded it until the ivory was removed.  If this Knabe has ivory warn
them of the trouble they will have getting it back in.

Dave Porritt
SMU - Dallas