Greetings DPO Forum!
After a year long deployment in Afghanistan I have been rewarded with a move to Seoul S. Korea where I expect to live on post (Yongsan). The Army will pay for either shipping my GC1 or for longterm non-climate controlled storage in Oklahoma; thus I have a decision to make:
1) Ship the piano to S Korea and hope the piano will survive the ocean voyage and fit inside the on post housing;
2) Place the piano in less than ideal storage at Army expense; or,
3) Pay for storage in a climate controlled environment for 2 years and then the subsequent move from storage to wherever I end up next.
I prefer decision 1 but all those I know in Korea have discouraged my desire to bring the piano due to risks involved with moving the piano across the ocean and prospective space limitations. Number 2 is good because the Army will ship it to my next duty station so I will save on storage and future shipping costs but, although it will be insured against damage, I anticipate filing a claim due to damage from the piano's being stored in OK in an uncontrolled environment. Number 3 is good because it will be most likely safe but I will be left footing the bill for storage and future shipping. A final decision is still pending, but I wanted to find out first if anyone on this forum has any experience with Yongsan and if so, if there were any shipping tips they'd care to share.
Alternatively, any insight as to the likelihood of the piano fairing poorly OK (where it can get both fairly hot or fairly cold) or two years in a sheltered, but uncontrolled environment would be useful to know.
Finally, any idea as to what a reasonable cost would be to ship the piano from Dallas to Seoul? Any insight and/or guidance would be appreciated.
JD