Kuang, Try Bernard Balas in Vienna. He specializes in building new actions for old pianos but sends pianos all over the world. I wish I had an address for him but I'm afraid I've lost touch and the address I have is no good any more. Paul Larudee Kuang Wang 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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