Miscellaneous Shipping insurance value limits various couriers

[Pete Thomas]

I'm trying to find a courier to ship a Grafton saxophone to Canada. Does anyone have experience of couriers who will cover up the that amount, I'm not having much luck at the moment.

 

[greenstripe]

Given the fragile nature of a Grafton: Is it worth it?

I'd worry about temperature as much as physical shock. Many plastics become very brittle when exposed to cold (even once it's warmed back up), so air-freight would concern me especially.

 

[jonf]

I'm trying to find a courier to ship a Grafton saxophone to Canada. Does anyone have experience of couriers who will cover up the that amount, I'm not having much luck at the moment.

Yup. Overland Express are specialist instrument shippers and they can provide insurance cover of up to £20,000. Pretty sure a Grafton isn't worth that much, presuming it's not Charlie parker's old one (who, as an aside, died on this day in 1955).

Musical Instrument Shipping | Courier For Musical Instruments

Sending a brass instrument such as a trumpet, cornet or trombone could not be easier. What's more, it can be fully insured against damage, loss and theft.

www.overlandexpress.co.uk

 

[Pete Thomas]

I'd worry about temperature as much as physical shock.

I didn't think about temperature. Hmmm

 

[Targa]

Lucite, an acrylic plastic as I think the Grafton is, was used for aircraft windshields, maybe still is.
So how would the temperature in an aircraft hold compare for a presumably well packed and so insulated saxophone.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Lucite, an acrylic plastic as I think the Grafton is, was used for aircraft windshields, maybe still is.
So how would the temperature in an aircraft hold compare for a presumably well packed and so insulated saxophone.

I was thinking I fo do go ahead then it would be incredibly thick amount padding around it.

 

[Colin the Bear]

And a hot water bottle? 🤗

 

[thomsax]

I don't know if a Grafton is so fragile? Steve Douglas (Bob Dylan, J.J. Cale, Ry Cooder ...) was on tour with his Grafton. Maybe he had more than one?

Boat- or air-freight? I would say, if possible by boat. The handle is slower. Often in shipped in containers. Less money as well. On the other side you have to wait longer for the sax.

I guess you already know or have made on agreement with the recipient about with or with out case. Is better to send a sax not laying in the case.