We move pianos most weeks. Roughly 40% are uprights (from older Phoenix homes and rentals), 50% are baby grands (Scottsdale and Paradise Valley luxury market), and 10% are full grands and concert grands (church relocations, recital halls, the occasional Anthem estate).
Uprights ride upright β never on their backs, never on their sides β strapped to a piano dolly with a board. Two-man crew minimum, four-man if it's going up or down stairs. Phoenix in-metro upright move runs flat $425. Baby grands get the legs and pedals removed, the lyre and pedal mechanism padded separately, and the body strapped to a piano skid. Four-man crew always. In-metro flat $650 for baby grand, $850 for a full grand.
Heat matters with pianos. Wood expands and contracts with humidity and temperature swings. Phoenix swings from 30Β°F winter mornings to 115Β°F summer afternoons in the same calendar year. We won't load a piano into a 130Β°F truck and let it sit there for an hour β for summer moves, the truck is parked in shade, the piano loads first into the cool-side, and we run the trip directly. For long-distance summer routes we use insulated truck quilts.
We don't tune or recommend tuning. After a move, the piano needs 2-4 weeks to acclimate to its new room before tuning makes sense. We can recommend Phoenix piano techs we've worked with β Greg at Mesa Piano Service has done re-tunes for our customers for years.
Pricing snapshot (in-metro Phoenix)
- Upright (any size): $425 flat, single floor each end
- Add $125 per flight of stairs (origin + destination)
- Baby grand (under 6'): $650 flat, single floor each end
- Full grand (6-7'): $850 flat
- Concert grand (7-9'): quoted per job, usually $1,100-1,400
Long-distance pianos
Long-distance piano moves are quoted per job. We coordinate climate-blanketed crating for moves cross-country and use our own truck for routes under 1,000 miles. Contact us with your specifics and we'll quote within a day.
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