Recommendations for a moving company - has upright piano

Moving a piano is nothing like moving other furniture. $500 doesn’t seem that unreasonable to me.

Moving extremely heavy furniture is almost a specialty among moving companies.

We recently purchased some custom made furniture and the delivery was done by a company that specializes in very heavy pieces of furniture.

They weren't cheap but we learned you get what you pay for. They navigated their way through some very tight spaces and cramped staircases and left zero damage along the way.

The owner, Jeff, is a great guy.

https://precisemoves.ca/

mrweather wrote: ↑ Moving a piano is nothing like moving other furniture. $500 doesn’t seem that unreasonable to me.

This

And if you truly love your piano … or it’s a family heirloom
You might want to consider using a Piano Moving Co for it alone

People who actually know what they are doing
How to prep an upright properly for the move
Have the right equipment for the job etc

Pianos weigh a ton
Regular Movers don’t like to move them
And most … honestly … do a p!ss poor job

Pay the extra … and get it done by the pros
Not some hacks that are just tacking $ 500 onto your bill

I paid $150 separately to have a piano moved in 2006. So $500 in today's dollar seems reasonable. It is not easy moving 600 lbs of awkward mass.

I paid $150/end (so $300 total) to move my family piano from Ancaster to Paris at least 10 years ago. It’s about a 25 min drive.

$500 from a piano moving company for the in and out sounds about right in today dollars. Our upright has a cast music box and weighed about 865 pounds.

Unless you want your piano dropped, or a leg busted off, I would just pay for a proper piano moving company who knows how to handle, strap, and move it correctly.