Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: declan_murphy@hotmail.com Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Shipping Date: 13 Apr 2006 08:04:16 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 42 Message-ID: <1144940656.131999.3330@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> References: <1144909164.786730.162090@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1144937554.808351.306610@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.215.53.67 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1144940663 18144 127.0.0.1 (13 Apr 2006 15:04:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:04:23 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Alexa Toolbar),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=202.215.53.67; posting-account=-TKBDwwAAADHGnl4su1VEeEJSFaZkQzO Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:162321 CL wrote: > declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote: > > Marvel wrote: > >> wrote in message > >>news:1144909164.786730.162090@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >> > >>>In just five short months, my time in this strange and wonderful > >>>country will be done (for now) and I'll be heading back to school in > >>>Canada. I have a 26kg digital piano (Yamaha P140) that I would like to > >>>get across the Pacific somehow, but I have no idea how I'd be able to > >>>do this somewhat affordably. Does anyone have any recommendations? > >> > >>The last time I shipped belongings to the states I used seamail, that took > >>about 4 weeks. I went to the post office checked the standard allowable > >>package sizes and made it fit within those packages. cost was reasonable > >>too. > > > > I think the OP might find it a bit difficult to break his Yamaha up > > into standard allowable package sizes. Well, not if he wants to put the > > piano together again at the other end. AFAIK the post office doesn't > > ship pianos mate. > > Googling "Yamaha P140" takes me to any number of sites that show the > unit to be just a full sized keyboard without any of the other > piano-like appendages, boxes, or coverings. > Something like that ought to be easily box-able and fit in an aircraft > hold as an extra-cost item if the OP isn't flying First Class and > getting the weight and size waiver. He could just figure out a boxed > size and ask the airline what it would cost to include it in his luggage. Yeah, which is why I suggested taking it to the airport. A friend of mine shipped his turntables (approximately 20kg in weight) which is about the same dimensions as a large keyboard, albeit encased in a pretty strong protective "coffin". I can't imagine an airline charging anything like the 25k+ mentioned in his first post, especially if he had little else to check in as almost everything else was surface mailed. > And the Post Office waives standard size requirements in certain cases. Any examples?