When I shipped my horn off to George McCracken last December for a few modifications, his instructions to me were to ship it sans case. I nearly fell out of my chair at the thought of shipping it that way, but he said that he's seen a lot more damage to horns shipped in the case than those that have been adequately packed outside of their cases. So, I picked up a large box (usually referred to as a dish barrel, for packing dishes in for moving), lots of packing peanuts, and I packed the horn in the box with an amount of cardboard packed between layers of packing peanuts to form kind of an effective "box within a box" for shipping. The horn travelled safely in both directions with no damage from shipping. The case stayed home with me. Hope this helps...
Jen Gesinski Villa Park, IL --- Matt Menger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only reason I mention shipping the horn and case separate is that > I > have heard quite a few war stories about the flat-wood cases. If the > > case is struck where the bell sits, apparently it can do some major > damage to the bell. It sounds like I will probably ship the horn in > the > case, but with a little more padding in there too. > -Mat Menger > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've never heard of shipping the horn and the case separately. The > > > case is made to protect the horn....what would protect it if it > > weren't in the case?? > > > > Whenever I've shipped horns, which has been quite a few times, I've > > > always packed the horn in the case with bubble wrap to fill the > empty > > spaces in the case around the instrument. Then I pack the case in > a > > box that is big enough to have a couple of extra inches space > around > > the case and fill the box with styrofoam peanuts as extra padding. > > > This is also how my newest horn was packaged when it was shipped to > me > > from Rayburn's just over a year ago. I've never had a horn damaged > > > this way. > > > > *knock on wood* > > karen > > > > > > ****************************************************** > > Dr. Karen McGale Fiehler > > http://www.hornplanet.com/hornpage/miss_karen/main.asp > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: Matt Menger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: The Horn List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: The Horn List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: [Hornlist] shipping horns > >> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 08:43:23 -0500 > >> > >> > >> Just a quick question on the best way to ship a horn by mail: > >> > >> From my understanding and what I've been told, the best way is to > >> ship the case and horn separate, esp. since its a Conn flat case, > and > >> the bell can get crumpled pretty easily in there. I'm just > curious > >> abotu everyone's experiences with shipping, and if there are some > >> do's and dont's that I should be aware of. > >> Thanks, > >> Matt Menger > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> set your options at > >> > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/mistress_karen%40hotmail.com > > >> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > set your options at > > > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/uhorpheus%40netscape.net > > > -- > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/jenstermeister%40yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
