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Re: Is this any way to ship a clarinet?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-10-15 20:31
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I had a Buffet S3 alto sax posted to me in just the locked case. The low C keyguard tab had come unsoldered. I also had a Yamaha YAS-62 alto posted with the case wrapped up in the same manner as your Yamaha clarinet:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/download.html/1,5168/DSCs-08113blur.JPG

Fortunately no harm came to that alto (besides the poor overhaul it had before I bought it).

Whenever I've sent out any clarinet or other instrument through the post, I've used a lot of bubble-wrap and also entirely surrounded with polystyrene chips to fully suspend the case within the box. Also packed the instrument with either polystyrene blocks or bubble wrap to hold the ends of the joints down (but not applying pressure to the keywork) so the joints won't get jolted or rattle about within the case. Also wrapped the joints in bubble-wrap if there's sufficient space within the case to do that.

I remember a photo of a Yamaha trombone case sent to John Myatt that was just wrapped with string and had strips of cardboard covering the edges where the string ran over them.

A few years back I sent a cor anglais to the USA which was in a box with a specially shaped foam support that slipped on both sides of the case to suspend it within. I may have also filled the voids either with polystyrene chips or bubble-wrap to insulate it. It arrived safely.

Bassoons, keyboards and other instruments I've sent out have arrived well. But anything is at the mercy of the delivery company - I just received a Bose Wave radio yesterday which had been damaged in transit (see attachment) - alarm bells had already been sounded when I realised who the delivery company was.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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