Moving a piano

BexInLondon

Hi all,

How much do you think I should expect to pay to move a piano? It's not a particularly valuable one, and isn't tuned at present anyway (someone is giving it to us for free). If specialist firms are too expensive I'm considering just hiring a man and van and roping in lots of boys. Has anyone done it this way? It's not going up or down any stairs.

level200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNk9WNh25L8 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

andrew-b

If it's untuned a man and a van. Don't really need many people...just something suitable to roll it on if it doesn't have any wheels. Although might need to be man-handled around corners etc. Though is it a grand or upright?
We pretty much gave away my old nan's piano on ebay when we sold their old house. The buyer of the piano and a few people turned up with a builder's van and bundled it in.

ormus

ive moved a few in my time. no real problems. plenty of old blankets and a van.
ive even moved one on my own!
got it given to me via a special school that was upgrading the piano.
lay it on its back on the van floor (rear edge), then lift and push it in.

BexInLondon

So it's ok to toss it around a bit? By which I mean is it ok to put it on its side in a lift? We're 11 floors up so my whole "no-stairs" bit is contingent on it being ok to put it on its side!

ormus

yes. within reason.
grand pianos are shifted on trolleys/bogeys all the time, on their sides.

BexInLondon

Awesome. Man and van it is. Now the only headache left is to find a good one - last time we chose a random guy off gumtree who left us outside ikea for 4 hours while we grew increasingly afraid that he wouldn't come at all!

tomfun

How about cutting it into 3 or 4 pieces and taking one piece at a time to its new location,then simply glue it back together,if you have a big car you might get away with a straight cut in half,saving on petrol and glue!!

peterdee_2

Its normaly around 100-150 pounds for piano moving within a 50ish mile radius.

sparky883

How far are you moving the joanna?