Yamaha CS80

Hi David,
In the UK, If it ain't insured it ain't. If you get it insured it's
insured, that's all there is to it! I don't know about any other
liability.

D.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:04, David Bulog <d2ba@...> wrote:
> Thanks D out of interest does the UK have a similar Carriage of Goods Act
> (Our law in NZ is basically a copy of yours BTW)
> The "Fats and Grand Piano" case was a landmark judgement and often used for
> reference--bottom like is an internal carrier is only liable for $1500
>
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> On 21/07/2010, at 12:47 PM, cheater cheater wrote:
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>> David,
>> take all the precautions you take with normal synths. A sturdy wooden
>> crate is necessary, ATA case inside wooden box is better. The most
>> important part - some synths have a heavy PSU inside.. make sure the
>> guy removes it from the case and packs it in a box separately.
>> Otherwise it's not unlikely the thing will run off and ruin all the
>> electronics inside. It's happened a few times. Removing the PSU is
>> *loads* cheaper than fixing the damage it'll make if it breaks loose.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> D.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 21:05, David Bulog <d2ba@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> re shipping a heavy synth like CS-80 is there a Carriage of Goods Act in
>>> USA
>>> or UK/EU?
>>>
>>> There is a very famous case in New Zealand
>>>
>>> http://www.nzila.org/conferences/docs/auckland/Philip_Rzepecky_Carriage%20of%20Goods.pdf
>>>
>>> see section 3.0 "Fats and the Grand Piano" worth $172,000
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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