Would you ship a cello by FedEx Ground?

sloan · Post by **sloan** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:22 pm

I have one question about the FedEx commercial: who screwed up the paperwork in the first place, causing the cello to be "hung up in Customs"?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:26 pm

sloan wrote:I have one question about the FedEx commercial: who screwed up the paperwork in the first place, causing the cello to be "hung up in Customs"?

You misunderstood, good sir. Like most 'cellos, it was bragging, saying it was, "Hung, in customs"

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:45 pm

duckskiff wrote:
LOTP wrote: (17 3/8").

You must be as tall as Bob1062!

Would that qualify as a BAV?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:56 pm

You may not trust 'em, but shipping your luggage may be a better choice than stowing it...

More than 1 million pieces of luggage lost, damaged or stolen May to July

sloan · Post by **sloan** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:10 pm

andew the tuba player wrote:ok...Heres what id like to know...Whats so wrong with violas and cellos? I play BOTH (and a little bit of vilon). I love them. So, i make three so far.

I'm of two minds: I'm opposed to sax and violins on TV, but there's always room for cello.

TubaingAgain · Post by **TubaingAgain** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:19 pm

I wouldnt ship a box full of "Rubber Dog ****" UPS FED EX USPS. DHL baby

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:33 pm

sloan wrote:I'm of two minds: I'm opposed to sax and violins on TV, but there's always room for cello.

You've been waiting to post that since 1998, haven't you?

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:01 pm

Four now, for viola. Mine is a 16 1/2, too big for me, but it has a nice sound.

My ex-cello teacher flies with her expensive cello in a hard case, and the only time she had a problem was when she was silly enough to put the music folder underneath the fingerboard. When the cello arrived the bridge and soundpost were down, but that was it. She has some foam blocks in the case, is all, and it is not a cheap cello, neither.

MA

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:00 pm

Boy, you guys really take the fun out of viola-baiting!

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:09 pm

TubaingAgain wrote:I wouldnt ship a box full of "Rubber Dog ****" UPS FED EX USPS. DHL baby

Hmmm...DHL...the company that sent my Weril by plane to Denver, then by truck to Columbus OH, then by truck to KC. Arrived 4 days late, they're lucky it was undamaged. They refused to refund any of the shipping fee, too.

DHL? No thanks.