The history of Braymore
Moving at a higher standard since 1981.
In 1981 Braymore was founded by Ken Raymond and Phil Barnes as a piano moving company with a simple goal: to move at a higher standard. The company quickly became Toronto’s largest piano mover. As the piano moving expanded, Neil Martin joined them in this vision to help with the companies expansion efforts and form the basis of what the company is now today. Due to its reputation for a high level of care. It wasn’t long before it expanded its services into warehousing, distribution and specialty moving. Braymore now is one of Canada’s most unique and highly rated crane rental, piano and specialty moving companies in the country.
1981 | Braymore Piano Movers is founded
Braymore quickly became Toronto’s largest piano mover. In 1984, Braymore expanded its services into piano warehousing through Braymore Distribution Services, primarily focusing on piano storage for piano manufacturers, distributors, stores, and private individuals. Since then, Braymore Piano Movers has become a household name here in the GTA region as “the piano mover of choice” and across North America as a piano warehouse solution for servicing the Canadian market, handling thousands of pianos each year and doing work for almost all the major piano distributors.
1984 | Braymore Distribution Services comes to life
Braymore Distribution Services came to life in 1984. Braymore realized there was a need for companies that wanted their product stored and handled more carefully than in a traditional warehouse. Braymore started with warehousing pianos, which was a natural fit with its piano moving business, but then moved on to many other products and industries with similar concerns.
When people see you have a fleet of well-equipped trucks to move unboxed products with special care, and they see you take extra care with their items, it is only natural to get asked to move other items that people are concerned about. Braymore Specialty Movers evolved from our piano moving division and expanded its abilities to handle unique unboxed products. Braymore can move photocopiers, large-screen TVs, high-end furniture, hot tubs, safes, sculptures, etc., where other movers are not up to the task or equipped for the job.
2010 | Braymore Crane Rental is born
With all the specialty jobs that Braymore was being requested to do and the fact that we needed to work with other crane companies to perform them, it became clear that Braymore was required to use its in-house cranes to reach places that standard cranes couldn’t. Braymore is now one of Ontario’s leading crane rental services.
