subject: Couriers Strike a Chord When You Need To Ship a Musical Instrument [print this page] Couriers Strike a Chord When You Need To Ship a Musical Instrument
There are times when many people need to send a parcel, typically these days most parcels that are sent are fairly small, normally a DVD that someone has bought online and are having it delivered. There are times though where you may need to send larger items such as musical instruments, these are large and are often quite delicate. Musical instruments are also quite expensive compare to most other items being sent through the post, so people are keen to avoid their expensive instruments being damaged along the way.
Sending musical instruments can be made slightly more difficult by many of them being an awkward shape such as an electric guitar. Guitars are the most commonly shipped instrument in the UK, whether it is an acoustic, electric, bass or even a banjo! Guitars are solidly built but they still have their vulnerable areas, most notably the neck and the head stocks. The neck could snap if improperly protected and the tuning pegs can be bent or broken if the head isn't protected either.
Obviously shipping them inside boxes would be preferred but so too is wrapping them in protective material such as bubble wrap or polystyrene to take the blow if the guitar is knocked or bumped around during the delivery process. Many people will ship guitars inside guitar cases, but if you are doing this you should make sure the case is a hard one, soft cases or guitar bags are not going to cut it on their own despite being padded. Wrapping them in bubble wrap is going to be the safest bet and ensure your instrument is prepared for delivery.
Sending larger and heavier items such as musical instruments may be too much for the post office, they often place limits on what they are able to ship and so you will need to choose a different service that specialises in larger parcel deliveries. There are people who have used a courier or parcel delivery specialist to handle their delivery because they have a reputation for being able to send items that may be larger and need more care and attention when they handle deliveries.
There is also the point to bear in mind that a courier can deliver items much quicker as they don't have to handle nearly as much as the post office has to deliver. So your instrument could arrive much quicker and you'll be playing in no time!
Make sure to use a reliable courier service when you need to ship any sized musical instrument, couriers such as Fed Ex, Yodel and others can handle larger and heavier items and help get your instruments to where they need to go.
