Flute Crushed by UPS (and how to possibly avoid such things)
- Jon C.
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- Tell us something.: I restore 19th century flutes, specializing in Rudall & Rose, and early American flutes. I occasionally make new flutes. Been at it for about 15 years.
- Location: San Diego
When I ship my wood flutes, I pack them in a plastic food storage container (microwave safe) and then float that in popcorn chips. (Making me hungry...)
By the discription of the damage, I will bet that the %#&*'s at UPS, put a forklift blade through the package, when they were lifting the palate of boxes!
I don't know what would save a flute from that. Maybe shipping it in PVC tubes.
Hope everything works out for your poor flute!
Jon
By the discription of the damage, I will bet that the %#&*'s at UPS, put a forklift blade through the package, when they were lifting the palate of boxes!
I don't know what would save a flute from that. Maybe shipping it in PVC tubes.
Hope everything works out for your poor flute!
Jon
- Cathy Wilde
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Whistlin'Dixie wrote:Hi-Jack Alert!
Cat, I love your puppy!
Is that a picture of your pet?
M
Thanks, Mary! That would be my Miss Polly. She's an Australian Cattle Dog, rescued in Ohio by a kind soul at an organization called Cattle Dog Rescue who literally reassembled her face.
Apparently she was hit by a car .... or shipped UPS. <dodges tomato and runs>
But scarred face and broken teeth not withstanding, she's a sweetheart who does a very good job running my farm (that is, when she's not rolling in horse poop, herding songbirds, or climbing on the furniture).
I do love the little cuss. So thanks for the compliment!
Deja Fu: The sense that somewhere, somehow, you've been kicked in the head exactly like this before.