Ivory Import Export

Jim Kinnear jim@pianoguy.com
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:16:26 -0500


It's hard to believe some of these regulations, especially when the pianos 
are old . . .  the elephants that made the sacrifice have been gone a 
loooong time !!

A few years ago, I sold a 20's Steinway Player to a customer in Seattle, and 
delivered it from Ontario to the Canadian side of the border in B.C., north 
of Washington. He came up to get it in a rented pick-up, and was over the 
bordr in a few minutes . . no problems there, but I wanted to make sure that 
if there were any, he was there, as the owner, to deal with them.

Jim Kinnear
www.pianoguy.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Ivory Import Export


> Hi Sarah,
>
> The US doesn't care--but don't try to relocate that centuries old piano to
> Canada without replacing the keytops.
>
> At 04:29 PM 31/01/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>   Hi Philip,   You wrote:  <<Most countries allow importation of ivory
>>products  made before the CITES
>>Convention was signed (1974, I think). The U.S. is the  exception to this.
> It
>>is legal, however, to buy and sell ivory within the  borders of the U.S. 
>>so
>>>>
>>
>>           Ick!   Peace, Sarah     <>
>>
>>
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
>
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