Specialty Hands and Specialty Equipment for an Instrument That Forgives Nothing
Weigh up what a piano really is: several hundred pounds of iron framing sheathed in a glossy wooden shell that will not yield a millimeter and records every careless contact as a permanent blemish. Turn that over to movers improvising their way around a narrow landing and you’ve all but ordered a scuff that polish will never lift. Which is exactly why we route every one of these jobs to a dedicated piano team. They roll it on purpose-made boards and skids running on four wheels, cinch it with ratchet straps, and bury it under thick blankets. Your instrument stays inside our people’s hands across the entire job, so there’s no stranger gambling on a tight turn while it teeters.
The Equipment and the Approach
- Thick blankets, ratchet straps, a skid on four wheels, and a board built for pianos
- For a grand, removal and wrapping of both the legs and the pedal lyre, with the body traveling boarded
- Crews seasoned on the snug corners and stairwells found in this area’s older houses
- Floors, doorways, banisters and walls shielded across every foot of the route
- Lashed down firmly enough to stay dead still in transit
Step by Step on Moving Day
Everything opens with a plan. We chart the path, lay down cushioning, and armor each banister and wall stretch in advance of the first tilt. Uprights make the trip standing, fixed onto the skid. For a grand it’s different: legs and lyre are detached and padded, the case settles onto a cushioned board, and it rolls out resting on one side under bracing. Should the porch be glazed or the driveway pitch up over loose rock, the crew treats and clears both the walkway and the loading ramp before a single lift, since one misstep beneath that load is the very disaster the whole protocol exists to rule out.
Outside Our Lane
Transporting it safely is our job; tuning isn’t yours to expect from us, so book a piano tuner a couple of weeks down the road, once the instrument has settled into its new surroundings. Likewise, fixing internal parts or swapping out tired casters belongs to a technician. Spot a loose leg or an existing split in the shell, flag it up front and we’ll chart the carry to dodge it.
Pricing
Plan on $280 to $390 for an upright or console, $345 to $540 for a baby grand, and $485 to $885 for a full grand, with each range topping out on jobs that add stairs or a long haul to the door. We nail down the firm figure as soon as the instrument and the path are known.
Phone (888) 711-4778 to put the specialty crew on your piano move.
