Move a piano like an ordinary couch and the day ends in trouble, with an injured mover and an instrument beyond saving. A standard upright comes close to 300 pounds, while a full grand tops half a ton, and all that mass gathers right where a careless grip turns into ruin. That is why it never travels with the regular crew. A dedicated specialty team carries it, relying on piano and skid boards, heavy padding, and rated straps in place of muscling it. Expect $340 to $520 on an upright and $590 to $900 on a baby grand, stated plainly before a single lift.
Before a grand moves at all, it comes apart. The lyre and pedal assembly are detached, the legs unbolt, and the case lowers onto its long side against a padded board, then gets wrapped and cinched tight with straps. The upright rides a board as well, cushioned and eased through each doorway by hands schooled in keeping such weight from breaking free at a threshold or in a cramped ranch hallway. Throughout, runners shield the floors and wrapping shields the finish. A good many of these pianos belong to longtime owners in the middle of downsizing, anxious to see a treasured instrument moved with care, so we map and measure the route from curb to room before a hand ever touches it.
The community move and the gun safe on one visit
Around here a piano booking rarely ends with the piano. A household that owns a grand frequently keeps a gun safe or another heavy fixture too, and both get cleared on a single visit. A loaded safe pushing 700 pounds, standing in a North Dallas home or waiting behind the freight elevator of an Addison community, demands the same board, dolly, and crew a grand would. We mask off the corners and doorways, fix the route, file the property’s certificate of insurance, and bring only the hands the weight calls for.
What the specialty team will move
- Uprights, consoles, and spinets
- Concert grands and baby grands, broken down properly for travel
- Gun safes and similar extreme-weight fixtures, in homes and in communities
- Instruments headed down a cramped hallway or up into a high-rise community
Want the piano built into a complete household job? Our residential moving crew can empty the entire home within a day. Sending it across state lines? It moves under our own authority, detailed on the long-distance moving page. Get a free quote and we will respond within one business hour.
What's Included
- A piano-only specialty team operating separately from the regular crew
- Piano and skid boards, with dollies rated far above the loads they carry
- A grand broken down for travel, its lyre, pedal assembly, and legs detached and cushioned
- Heavy padding and rated straps that hold the case from shifting
- An upright priced at $340 to $520 and a baby grand at $590 to $900, stated before the lift
- Gun safes and other extreme-weight fixtures, taken on in homes and in communities
- Corners and doorways masked, the route fixed, before anyone makes contact
- As much as $1M in protection on every instrument and every heavy-fixture move
What Does It Cost?
Local crews from $135/hr — or a flat written rate
Two movers, the truck, and all the pads and dollies are part of the price.
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