Curt A wrote:Where in France are you moving to? I love France and have a French born cousin who lives in Alsace north of Strasbourg... I have often thought of living there.
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Curt A wrote:Where in France are you moving to? I love France and have a French born cousin who lives in Alsace north of Strasbourg... I have often thought of living there.
Curt A wrote:One other point to consider is that both the machines you mentioned are not exceptionally rare and by the time you tack on the shipping charges to Europe, you are going to be upside down with them... unless that doesn't matter. If you are moving permanently, it might be time to take an interest in European machines... If not, leave them with friends or family until you return... or sell them and re-purchase similar machines.
"I realize they would need to be separately and extremely well crated, with at least the turntables and tone arms removed."
AND the motors to make them less top-heavy...
oliver wrote:Curt A wrote:One other point to consider is that both the machines you mentioned are not exceptionally rare and by the time you tack on the shipping charges to Europe, you are going to be upside down with them... unless that doesn't matter. If you are moving permanently, it might be time to take an interest in European machines... If not, leave them with friends or family until you return... or sell them and re-purchase similar machines.
"I realize they would need to be separately and extremely well crated, with at least the turntables and tone arms removed."
AND the motors to make them less top-heavy...
Good point...one of the phonographs I've always wanted is a coin operated Concert Automatique