Before moving your piano, learn how piano movers operate. Moving a piano requires an understanding of the balance and inertia of pianos, proper equipment, and, of course, plenty of strength. Professional piano movers, trained in all the aspects of piano moving, from disassembly to maneuvering, can quickly and efficiently move a piano to your specified location. Camel Piano Moving Company has over 26 years of experience and the know-how to safely and quickly move your instrument.

The most important part of moving a piano is packing it. In a nutshell, this means wrapping the piano in a series of blankets and pads so that the surface of the piano isn’t scuffed or gouged (refinishing a piano can be almost as expensive as replacing it). Making sure the piano is moved in a way that avoids damaging bumps and scrapes is a piano mover’s second most important task. Any professional piano movers worth their salt will have special tools for the job - like a piano dolly that can support a piano’s weight, a properly sized piano board, quality moving pads and straps that can ease big loads with minimum turbulence.

Investigate how to work with an expert piano mover. Before hiring your piano movers, check out the following tips:

Space

• Make sure the place you’re moving too can even fit a piano. What would happen if you moved your piano to your new house and it didn’t fit in any corner of any room? So to reduce a possible headache, check the measurements of your piano and cross reference them with the measurements of the room you plan to have your piano in. Even room-to-room piano moving merits inspection.
• Make sure your piano is accessible from all sides. Have you ever tried to move a piano before? If you have, then you know it’s easiest if you can pull or lift the piano from any angle.
• When your piano arrives at its destination, make sure that the movers place it somewhere where it won’t be subject to major shifts in temperature - somewhere away from heating ducts, windows and doors. Even minor warping, caused by small temperature changes, can affect a piano’s sound.

Selecting Your Piano Movers

• As with any moving company, be sure to ask prospective piano movers about their insurance coverage. In the vast majority of cases, the amount of insurance they carry will be more than enough to cover your instrument. If it doesn’t, or if you’d like additional coverage, contact your homeowner’s insurance agent and ask about arranging for a rider to your policy that would insure the piano while it’s being shipped.
• Occasionally, piano movers may attempt to “keyboard” an upright piano in order to move it: this entails removing the keyboard so that the piano can fit through tight spots. Make sure in advance that your mover is competent to perform this task. The mover really has know how to put the piano back together again. We have experience in this aspect of moving.
• Bear in mind that some long distance piano movers won’t come to your home. Instead, you’ll be responsible for getting your instrument to your local piano dealer, and then the mover will transport it from there to a piano dealer near your destination.
• Check transport policies when contemplating long distance moving of your piano.