Piano and Specialty Item Moving

Pianos, gun safes and pool tables are not just heavy, they are heavy in ways that punish the wrong equipment — a piano board and proper straps distribute its weight in a way a couch dolly does not, and a safe's concentrated weight can go through a floor that would hold a piano fine. Doorways, stair turns and landing widths are worth measuring before move day rather than discovering on it, and it is worth flagging these items at quote time rather than mentioning them once the crew has already arrived.

Storage-in-between is a different kind of specialty situation, and it comes up more often than people expect — a move-out date and a move-in date rarely fall on the same day. When they do not, belongings need somewhere short-term to sit. Ask directly how items are inventoried going into storage, whether there is a minimum stay, and what access looks like during that window, so there are no surprises when it is time to move again.

What this usually involves

• Upright and grand pianos, measured and planned before move day
• Gun safes and other concentrated-weight items
• Pool tables, including disassembly where needed
• Oversized appliances, furniture and anything that will not fit through a standard doorway
• Short-term storage between a move-out date and a move-in date that do not match

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