Customs Reg's, cleaning ivory (was Re: New Ivory Key tops for sale)

[Rob Gagnon]

It takes about 4 weeks to process the paperwork.  The cost was zero or
minimal -
I can't recall.  It must be a used piano.  If you are importing a piano for
resale or you are buying it from Canada, if the piano (or any article) is
over
100 years old, then there is no US tarif.  A piano will be turned back if
you
do not have the paperwork.  Email me offline (robgagnoninsf@hotmail.com) if
you
need addresses of the agencies involved.

Rob Gagnon
San Francisco

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Clark
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 1:43 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Customs Reg's, cleaning ivory (was Re: New Ivory Key tops for
> sale)
>
>
> What extent of paperwork is required to bring a piano with ivory
> keytops from
> Canada to the US?
>
> The reason I ask is today, waiting for some tools, I've been
> cleaning off the
> numbers marked by a brilliant person, heads only, in magic marker
> on the bottom
> of a set for a back-burner piano I bought. The instrument had
> been moved from
> Canada minus the ivory which had been mailed to the person from
> whom I acquired
> it.
>
> Not cleaning the containers I used for the first wash, I discovered that
> Goof-Off seems to mix nicely with dishwashing detergent, making a
> paste which
> can sit longer without evaporating. This in turn washes off with
> Naptha, better
> saving the remaining slivers of wood than wiping or wire brushing.
>
> Clark
>