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Piano and Musical Instrument Moving
Heavy, delicate, and finely tuned: pianos demand expert hands.
Heavy, delicate, and finely tuned: pianos demand expert hands.
A piano combines enormous weight with intricate internal delicacy, and moving one — especially a grand — calls for specific equipment and technique. A poorly executed move can throw off the action, damage the case, or ruin the tuning. That's why we treat it as the precision instrument it is.
We also move other instruments — strings, brass and woodwinds, percussion — with packing designed to protect both their structure and their sound.
We use skid boards, straps, padded protection, and, for grand pianos, professional removal of legs and lyre when needed. The goal is to distribute the weight and avoid any impact on the action.
Guitars, violins, brass and woodwinds, and electronic music gear receive cases and packing that cushion impact and control humidity, protecting both structure and sound.
A piano combines massive weight — hundreds of pounds — with an internal mechanism made of thousands of precision parts. Moving it carelessly doesn't just scratch the case: it can misalign the action, damage the pinblock, or harm the soundboard, compromising the tone. That's why piano moving is a specialized trade, not a job for brute force.
Our team uses skid boards, straps, and padded protection, and, on grand pianos, professional removal of legs and lyre, distributing the weight so no component is stressed during the move.
It's normal for a piano to need tuning after a move: the change in location, humidity, and temperature affects the strings and the wood. We recommend letting the instrument acclimate for a few days in its new environment before tuning it.
We'll guide you through this aftercare so your piano finds its best sound again in its new home as soon as possible.
Legs and lyre removed on grand pianos, when needed.
Handling that safeguards case, strings, and tuning.
Skid boards, straps, and dedicated protection.
Strings, winds, percussion, and electronics.
About piano and musical instrument moving.
Yes. Grand pianos require professional removal of legs and lyre and specialized handling, which we carry out with the right equipment and technique.
Most pianos need tuning after a move because of the change in location and climate. We move it with full protection of the action to minimize the impact.
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