When moving a piano within a room

Before transferring a piano, make sure to lower the lid and lock it before you start. Be sure that the piano is well available from all sides. At least someone must be placed at each end of the piano once moving an upright. Be certain never to bend your back when carrying to avoid serious back strain or injury. Instead, flex your knees and keep your back straight.

Be sure the new location for the piano is correct. You do not need to move it into cold drafts or near to heating equipment. Move the piano slowly and carefully, just a couple inches at a time, moving it endways, not sideways. Be careful not to force the legs of the piano, particularly when you need to move it on carpeting or over a threshold. Have sufficient weight off the casters to make it move easier, but do not carry it off the floor. Be sure to lift the casters over bumps in the floor, one leg at a time.

Moving an Upright Piano from room to room or house to house

Whenever transferring a piano across higher distances, it is suggested to get movers to do the job for you. You will need a crew of four Los Angeles movers; two at each end of the piano. Let no one besides the assigned movers touch the piano. Movers must be wearing work gloves to defend their hands. The piano must be covered with plastic once taking, making sure that the lid is locked.

Give the moving services specific guidelines of how and where to transfer the piano. They will put the piano on a heavy-duty dolly; by doing so, it will save tuning. Not only that, but it will also help keep movers from destroying not only the piano, but your home. The movers will carry and then roll the piano endways. They will hold the handle behind the piano while it is rolling. Advise them to be aware with threshold and door jambs.

Have patience, movers have to move slowly so as not to trip over any problems in their way. Keep in mind that, because most of the weight of an upright piano is located towards its back, it does lean over quickly. Movers can decide to tip the piano back very slightly as they roll it to avoid destruction. Furthermore, the spinets and console pianos have thin front legs that will easily break if caught by something.

Paying cheap movers in Los Angeles might be worth the money you might save on paying for damaged pianos, or even worse, hospital bills, in case you attempt to do this on your own. And don’t even think about moving a grand across town, let alone up and down the stairs, without professional guidance.