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Pulling a grand piano up a flight of stairs in a house.

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 high-end concert grand. Most people who are 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 repeated success and track record of doing it safely. This is why EVERYONE always recommends getting a good piano mover to move their grand piano separately from their household goods.

Piano moving requires a certain degree of 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 brand of piano. After all, not all pianos are the same and require different tools and techniques to move them. Unfortunately, not everyone has the sum of all these skills.

Moving a grand piano.

How to move a grand piano?

While the basic concept of piano moving 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 have no clue about, even happening 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 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.
Rolling grand piano off tailgate of truck and into a customers home.
How to move or transport it on a special dolly or grand piano skid. Basically, 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.

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

Lifting a grand piano over a house and onto a backyard second floor balcony.
Craning a grand piano over a house and onto a backyard second-floor balcony.

Want to learn more about grand piano moving?

Call Braymore Piano Movers to see how they can assist you with your piano move. Braymore has been moving pianos since 1981.

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Moving a white grand piano