Grand Piano Moving

Grand pianos range in cost from a couple of thousand dollars for a low-end used one to half a million dollars for a new high-end concert grand. Most people looking to get their grand piano moved want it done right! While anyone can technically try to move one, only true experts at piano moving have the proven track record of doing it safely. This is why EVERYONE always recommends hiring a professional piano mover to move their grand piano separately from their household goods. Experience does matter!

Piano moving requires strength, spatial awareness, attention to detail, and teamwork to make it all come together safely. It also requires specific knowledge of how to disassemble and assemble your particular piano brand. After all, not all pianos are the same, and different tools and techniques are required to move them. Unfortunately, not everyone has the sum of all these skills.

How to move a grand piano?

While the basic concept of moving a piano may look easy when watching a professional do it. Many subtle things are happening in the background, with the pros that most people overlook or are unaware of, even during their move. This is why hiring a professional is such a good idea.

To move a grand piano, you need to know the following:

Assembling a grand piano by attaching the third leg onto the piano. — How to disassemble and reassemble your grand piano. Such as removing piano legs or a lyre. This allows your piano to fit through doorways, roll down halls and make tight turns.

Tipping a grand piano to place dolly under it. — Having the necessary strength to lift and/or tip the piano on/off your dolly. Real piano moving is about the art of manipulation, not lifting dead weight like you see with most household movers.

Rolling grand piano off tailgate of truck and into a customers home. — How to move or transport it on a special dolly and grand piano skid. Knowing how to roll or carry a grand piano without tipping over.

Lifting grand piano up one step and into doorway of house. — Knowing what hazards to look for that could cause a problem before they become a problem, and being able to get over any stairs that come along the way.

Using a short ramp to make going up the stairs easier. — Using a short ramp makes going up the stairs easier and safer.

What most people do not realize is that when something goes wrong with a grand piano move. It happens FAST! If you are not ready for it or in a prepared defensive position to stop it, either your piano, your property, or yourself will get damaged faster than you can blink. Statistically, whenever something goes wrong, whatever you thought you would save by being cheap costs you a boatload more. All professional piano movers have many stories of how they bailed out individuals or regular household movers who got in way over their heads on their piano moves. The most important thing is not ending up like them.