Shipping a piano from Overseas

[Jon Page]

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There is a process/forms to fill out with Customs prior to shipping to gain 
clearance
for the ivory. Pre-ban status (age) would have to be ascertained.

After shipping, if discovered by Customs, the piano will be confiscated and 
the ivory
will have to be removed and destroyed. I'll be doing this to three pianos 
next week in
Boston because the dealer did not file the paperwork.

His pianos usually made it through Customs unscathed but an over exuberant 
agent
was searching creates for smuggled goods.

get the forms and avoid problems and extra expenses of new parts.

Regards,
Jon Page


At 11:49 PM 12/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm shipping my Boesendorfer from Vienna to the states.  Has any of you
>shipped a grand from overseas?  If so, I would appreciate some advise.
>
>So far I've contacted 2 shipping companies and they're gonna get back to me
>on the cost (air and sea).  One of them may "pack" the piano so I don't even
>need to be there in Vienna.
>
>This piano has 92 keys so it's probably the model 225.  I'm considering
>shipping the keys separately because of Ivory problems.  Or even strip down
>the ivory keys and make a new set at Pianotek.
>
>As soon as it's shipped here I will be looking to sell it.  HOpefully the
>lack of ivory keys won't affect the price too much...  Does anyone know if
>new keys would depreciate the value?
>
>Last but not least.  If you know a technician in Vienna who can help me,
>please let me know.  Boesendorfer doesn't encourage people shipping their
>pianos to other countries so I need external help.
>
>Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post!
>
>Kuang Wang
>DataNaut, Inc.
>www.datanaut.com

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