Tips on shipping dulcimers
FOR SALE:instruments/music items/CDs/Wanted to Buy...
I have a retail store where I ship items daily. In the past 6 months, UPS and the USPS have become brutal in their treatment of packages. It took me a while and a lot of broken glass, to figure out what the problem is. No matter what kind of stickers or fragile messages you put on the outside of the box, a lot of weight is often piled on top of the box. Your box needs to be able to withstand hundreds of pounds of weight in order to arrive safely. Hard dulcimer cases, would be of great help. Lots of vertical cardboard would help in preventing the dulcimer from being crushed.
I double and sometimes triple box items that I send.