Shipping a tuba across the pond

jeopardymaster · Post by **jeopardymaster** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:11 pm

Anyone out there ever ship a tuba Air Freight from US to Great Britain? I'd like to hear from you as to experience, cost, etc. Please feel free to post or PM. Thanks in advance!

Gongadin · Post by **Gongadin** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:33 am

I can't say that I've had the pleasure of shipping a tuba across the pond, but I have had one experience with shipping an instrument from the UK to this side of the pond, and being on the receiving end.
I shipped a 110 pound gong Air Freight. The process seemed simple enough, and the gong arrived in good order. The cost was about the price of three new Mike Finn mouthpieces.
I went to the Airport to pick up the gong, and yes, I brought a pickup truck.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:51 am

Nice hat!

Gongadin · Post by **Gongadin** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:02 pm

TubaRay wrote:Nice hat!

That 'hat' actually has some provenance; it's a Wuhan China Type that belonged to Dizzy Gillespie!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:36 pm

You might contact someone like Mark Carter, aka Mr. Tuba, in the UK to see how he has tubas shipped to him, so you get a good idea of what's required both on the departure end and arrival end of things.