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Best of Utah Moving Company provides skilled piano movers for households across Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front, on local moves and long-distance moves out of state. Our crews have moved baby grands, antique parlor grands, and upright pianos down stairs, into fourth-floor apartments, and across state lines. You pay our hourly rate plus a heavy-item fee and a per-stair charge, all set on your quote.
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What Piano Moving Costs With Our Crew
Your price combines our hourly rate with a heavy-item fee for the piano. It is the same hourly billing our experienced movers in Salt Lake City use on every household move.
| Cost factor | How it works |
|---|---|
| Hourly labor | We bill by the hour in 15-minute increments, with a three-hour labor minimum. |
| Travel time | We bill travel time on top of the labor minimum. |
| Heavy-item fee | Pianos carry a heavy-item fee that we set before the move. |
| Stairs | Each stair adds $7.50 to $10.00, depending on how many stairs the route has. |
| Deposit | A deposit reserves your date and locks your hourly rate, not a total. |
| Stretch wrap | Included at no charge. |
Here is how the stair charge adds up. A route with 12 stairs adds $90 to $120 to the heavy-item fee and the hourly time. Every job carries the three-hour labor minimum plus travel, so even a short piano move bills at least three hours of labor.
“We paid an hourly rate with add ons for steps and heavy items.” Tim L., Google review
Moving the piano with our residential moving services keeps it to one crew, one truck, and one bill, so you skip hiring a separate piano moving company.
Piano Movers Who Plan the Path Before Moving Day
Your moving consultant plans the piano move during the quote call, around three details.
- The piano type and size. Tell us whether you own a spinet, console, studio upright, full upright, or grand piano, and the make if you know it.
- The path out and in. Count the stairs at both addresses and note obstacles like landings, turns, narrow halls, and tight doors.
- Parking and access. Let us know where a 26-foot truck can park and how far it sits from the front door.
Those details set the crew size, the equipment, and the time on the job. Most damage when moving pianos happens at thresholds, carpet edges, and turning landings, and rolling a piano on its own small casters can snap a caster or dent hardwood floors.
How Our Piano Moving Process Works
Our team protects your home first, then wraps, carries, and secures the piano for the drive.
Wrapping the Piano and Protecting Your Floors
Our crews lay floor runners along the route before the piano moves. They wrap the piano in professional-grade moving blankets, then hold the blankets in place with stretch wrap.
“They don’t just throw plastic wrap around a piano, they use padded layers.” Kristina U., Google review
Moving an Upright or Grand Piano
An upright piano travels in one piece with the keyboard lid closed and secured. Our piano movers carry the upright piano on professional-grade dollies and secure straps, the same equipment every truck carries, including down basement stairs and through tight turns.
A grand piano comes apart for the move. The piano movers on your crew remove the legs and pedal lyre, pad each part of the instrument for transport, and reattach the legs and lyre in your new room.
Delivery and Placement in Your New Home
At delivery, our movers set the piano exactly where you want it and shift it again if the spot does not work. Once the piano is delivered, keep it away from heating vents, exterior doors, and direct sun.
Plan your piano moving day with a consultant who prices every part of it upfront.
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Long Distance Piano Moving Across State Lines
For moves out of Utah, your piano rides on a dedicated truck that carries only your household. We never combine shipments, and the drive starts the day after loading.
Best of Utah Moving Company is licensed with the FMCSA under USDOT 2920944 and MC-1476153, and we are not a broker. The piano movers who load your piano also drive and deliver it, so its transportation stays in the same hands from start to finish. Our long-distance moving services add a travel fee that covers the drive to and from both addresses.
Our team of Gavynn, Alec, Aiden, Jacob, and Rubio moved Christy R.’s piano, antiques, and paintings from Utah to Oregon. She wrote that the crew handled all of it with absolute care.
Piano Storage and Relative Humidity in a Dry Climate
Wood in the instrument’s soundboard and pinblock swells and shrinks as temperature and moisture change. Those swings pull the strings out of tune and can crack the soundboard over time.
Piano technicians generally recommend relative humidity near 40 to 50 percent, so a garage, shed, or drive-up unit makes a poor home for delicate instruments between moves. Ask your consultant about our temperature-controlled storage services, which hold temperature and humidity steady year-round in a secure warehouse.
Professional Piano Movers Backed by Real Piano Reviews
Many of our customers mention a piano in their Google reviews. These three come from customers whose movers handled a grand or took a piano down a staircase.
“They moved my 590lb baby grand piano with no hassle!” Chris O., Google review
“They were sure to take extra care and extra time when moving my antique 1912 parlor grand piano.” Ryan C., Google review
“They treated the piano like it was a baby and carefully and skillfully moved it down the stairs and into the moving truck.” Kaelyn H., Google review
Cameron Batty, a Utah native, founded our business in 2013 and still runs it from our Salt Lake City facility. Our record stands at more than 10,000 moves and a 5.0-star rating from over 3,900 Google reviews.
- Fully licensed and insured. We hold FMCSA authority for interstate services and carry general liability, auto, and workers’ compensation insurance.
- Full-time employees only. Each of our piano movers is vetted and trained in safe lifting and handling of fragile items, and we never hire day laborers or subcontractors.
Piano Moving Across Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front
Our piano movers cover a local service area from Brigham City to Santaquin and from Kamas to Tooele, including Sandy, Draper, Lehi, Kaysville, Park City, Ogden, and Provo. Piano moving is one of the moving services Best of Utah Moving Company provides along the Wasatch Front, alongside packing and storage services.
Piano Moving FAQs
Answers to the questions piano owners ask before they book piano movers.
What happens if my piano gets damaged?
Every piano moving job includes released value protection at $0.60 per pound per item, so a 400-pound piano tops out at $240. A full value plan covers repair or current market value up to its limit, and you add it when you book. Compare our protection and valuation plans, and report any damage to your home in writing before the crew leaves.
Do you move antique pianos?
Yes. Our crews have moved antique uprights and an antique 1912 parlor grand that had been in one customer’s family for generations. Mention your piano's age and condition in your moving quote so our piano movers bring extra padding and time to move it safely.
Can your piano movers handle an upstairs apartment?
Yes. Our crews have moved pianos into fourth-floor apartments by elevator and carried them up and down full flights of stairs. Tell us whether you need to arrange an elevator reservation and how far the elevator is from the truck.
Can your piano movers pick up a piano from another address?
Yes. We add pickup or drop-off stops to your household move at no extra stop charge, so we can collect a piano from a relative’s home on the way to yours. Each stop still counts toward your hourly time.
Should I tune my piano after the move?
Yes, after a short wait. Piano technicians generally suggest waiting two to four weeks so the instrument can settle into its new room, then booking a professional tuning.
How do I prepare my piano before the piano movers arrive?
Clear photos, lamps, and sheet music off the top, close the keyboard lid, and clear a wide path to the door. Leave the wrapping, lifting, and rolling to our team, since moving it yourself can damage the casters and your floors. Add our packing services to your quote if you want help with the rest of the room.
Book Your Piano Move With Our Salt Lake City Crew
Tell our piano movers about your piano, the stairs at both addresses, and your moving date. A consultant on our team will build your quote and plan in one call.
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- Best of Utah Moving Company
- Address: 859 S 600 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
- Phone: (801) 871-5221
- Email: contact@bestofutahmoving.com
- Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Saturday 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, closed Sunday
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