A piano is heavy, awkward, fragile, and worth more to its owner than its weight suggests — which is exactly why you don’t want a generic crew improvising with it. Ivy Movers runs a specialty piano crew for the Hyattsville and DC-metro area, and they bring the right gear every time: a piano board or skid, heavy-duty straps, padding, and a stair-climbing dolly for the parts of the job where the muscle has to be smart, not just strong.
Uprights, baby grands, full grands — we handle them all. A grand gets partially disassembled the right way, with the legs and lyre removed and padded, the body wrapped and secured to the board, and the whole thing braced for the truck. Uprights get strapped and balanced so the weight is controlled on every step. The goal is simple: it arrives in tune-able shape, and the walls, banisters, and floors come through the move without a scratch.
Stairs, tight turns, and front-room colonials
The hard part around here is almost never the truck — it’s the front stoop, the turn at the bottom of the stairs, and the narrow hall in an older Route 1 house with a piano wedged in the living room. Our crew plans the path before anything moves: where it pivots, where it gets lifted, where the padding goes on the door frame. Because these are our own trained movers and not day-labor, the people carrying your instrument actually know how to control a 600-pound load on a staircase. You get a flat written quote based on the piano and the access at both ends.
What's Included
- A trained specialty piano crew, not a general moving team
- Piano board/skid, heavy-duty straps and padding
- Stair-climbing dolly for steps and tight turns
- Proper partial disassembly of grands (legs and lyre)
- Wrapping and bracing of the instrument for the truck
- Wall, banister and floor protection along the path
- A flat written quote based on the piano and the access
What Does It Cost?
Local crews from $149/hr — or a flat written rate
2-mover crew, truck, blankets & dollies included.
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