Boston to Cape Cod Piano Transport | Mt Auburn Piano Movers

Boston south to Cape Cod: 75 miles down MA-3 and over the bridge onto US-6 for the summer homes, with one piano crew start to finish.

Cape Cod draws pianos down our way for the summer-home season, about 75 miles south of our Watertown shop and over the bridge. A fair number of these jobs are a grand going to a second home in Chatham or Osterville, a console headed back to a year-round house in Falmouth or Barnstable, or an upright bound for one of the Cape’s churches and summer recital rooms. Whatever the instrument, Mt Auburn Piano Movers keeps it on one truck with the same piano-only crew the full lane, so the crew that pads and boards your piano in Boston is the crew that wheels it into the Cape room.

The drive is about an hour and a half down MA-3 and over the bridge onto US-6, and we time the seasonal runs around the bridge traffic so the piano spends as little time stalled as possible. Paul rides along on the grands worth the extra eyes, and the truck is padded and climate-aware, because the Cape’s salt air and the swing between a closed-up winter house and a humid summer one are hard on an unprotected piano. A grand is tipped onto a skid board with the legs, lyre, and pedals off and reset at the far end; an upright rides strapped on the piano board. We are a licensed Massachusetts mover, a DPU household-goods carrier with USDOT and MC authority and a full million in cargo coverage, and we move pianos and a short list of heavy specialty pieces and nothing else. We never hand the lift off. Get a Boston to Cape Cod piano quote, or see how our piano transport service handles the seasonal Cape runs.

A piano is priced per piano, a flat figure you approve before the truck rolls, steady the whole 75 miles unless stairs or a long beach-house carry come into it. Send us the make and the access at both ends, and that number holds from your room in Boston to the room on the Cape.

Boston → Cape Cod — Estimated Cost

Home Size	Estimated Flat Rate	Typical Transit
Upright / Spinet	$420–$640	Same day
Console / Studio	$530–$780	Same day
Baby Grand	$760–$1,120	Same day
Grand / Concert Grand	$1,040–$1,580	Same day

Use these to plan the budget. The binding written per-piano price is set once we go over the instrument and the access with you.

Moving a piano Boston to Cape Cod?

One trained crew, one binding written price, door to door

Our own crew boards and loads the piano in Boston and stays responsible the whole way — no brokers, no load boards.

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Long-Distance Piano Move Reviews

Maeve O.

Beacon Hill · Yelp

★★★★

“Our 1920s upright had to go up three flights to a Beacon Hill walk-up, and I honestly thought it could not be done. Dana's crew measured the switchback landing twice, strapped it to a board, and worked it up step by step without one bump to the wall. I took off a star only because they arrived about thirty minutes past the window, but they called ahead to say so and the move itself was flawless.”

Liam D.

Back Bay · Google

★★★★★

“Getting a baby grand into our Back Bay brownstone meant a narrow front stoop and a tight turn at the parlor door. Gus had the legs and lyre off and the body on a skid board before I finished my coffee, and it slid through with inches to spare. These are the people you want on a piano.”

Gianna P.

Cambridge · Google

★★★★★

“We needed our concert grand delivered to the church sanctuary in time for a Sunday recital, and Mt Auburn treated it like the serious instrument it is. The crew protected the lid and the long tail, eased it up the chancel steps, and set it exactly where our director wanted it on the platform. Paul came out himself to check the placement before they left. Everything about the day was calm and professional.”

Route FAQ

How long does the piano move to the Cape take?

Figure about 75 miles down MA-3 and over the bridge onto US-6, near an hour and a half on the road, more in summer bridge traffic, which we time around. Almost every Cape piano goes in a single day. Once placed, let the instrument sit two to four weeks to settle to the Cape room before a tuner comes.

Do you handle seasonal moves to and from the Cape?

We do, all season. A grand going down for the summer and back in the fall is one of our regular Cape jobs. We can also store the instrument between seasons in our climate-controlled piano room so it never sits in a closed-up, swinging-humidity house. Tell us the schedule and we plan both ends.

Does the salt air and a closed-up house affect the piano?

It can. Salt air and the swing between a cold winter house and a humid summer one stress the soundboard and case, so our trucks are padded and climate-aware and we advise on placement away from windows and damp. After any Cape move, give it two to four weeks to settle before tuning.

Do you reach the Outer Cape and the towns down-Cape?

We do. Falmouth, Barnstable, Hyannis, Chatham, Orleans, and on toward Provincetown are all on this lane, summer grands and church instruments included. Name the address when you write in, and one per-piano figure covers the lift in Boston and the set-down on the Cape.

Tell Us About the Piano and We’ll Put a Figure in Writing

A single written figure for the piano comes back, often inside the hour. Asking is free and books you into nothing.

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