Boston to Portland Piano Transport | Mt Auburn Piano Movers

Boston north to Portland: 110 miles up I-95 to the Maine coast, with one piano crew start to finish and a fixed per-piano figure.

Portland draws pianos up our way to the Maine coast, about 110 miles north of our Watertown shop. A good share of these jobs are a grand bound for a West End or Munjoy Hill home, a console going to a teacher near the University of Southern Maine, or an upright headed for a church or coastal recital room. Whatever the instrument, Mt Auburn Piano Movers carries it on one truck with the same piano-only crew the full lane, so the people who board your piano in Boston are the people who wheel it into the Portland room.

The drive is a steady two hours straight up I-95, open highway once the metro thins, which keeps the piano’s road time short and predictable. Paul maps the load points and rides along on the grands worth the extra eyes, and the truck is padded and climate-aware, because the salt air and the cold coastal swings up here are hard on an unprotected piano. A grand is tipped onto a skid board with the legs, lyre, and pedals off and reset on arrival; Portland’s older West End townhouses with their narrow staircases are exactly the access our crew trains for. We are a licensed Massachusetts mover, a DPU household-goods carrier holding USDOT and MC authority for interstate piano transport plus a full million in cargo coverage, and we move only pianos and a short list of heavy specialty pieces. The instrument never changes hands at the state line. Get a Boston to Portland piano quote, or read how our piano transport service runs this coastal lane.

Interstate piano transport is a per-piano base plus mileage, a flat figure you approve before loading and steady for all 110 miles. Give us the make and the access at both ends, and that number holds from your room in Boston to the room in Portland.

Boston → Portland — Estimated Cost

Home Size	Estimated Flat Rate	Typical Transit
Upright / Spinet	$520–$780	1 day
Console / Studio	$640–$940	1 day
Baby Grand	$920–$1,360	1 day
Grand / Concert Grand	$1,260–$1,900	1 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 Portland?

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 Portland take?

Figure roughly 110 miles north on I-95, about two hours behind the wheel. Almost every Portland piano is loaded, driven, and set in its new room the same day. Once it is in place, give the instrument two to four weeks to settle to the coastal room before a technician tunes it.

Is my piano transferred at the Maine line?

It is not. We hold USDOT and MC authority for interstate piano transport in our own name, so the same truck and piano-only crew run the full I-95 lane and pull up to the Portland door. Crossing into Maine changes nothing: no broker, no board, no outside hauler.

Does the coastal air and cold affect the piano?

It can, which is why our trucks are padded and climate-aware and we keep the piano out of long cold exposure. Salt air and quick coastal temperature swings stress the soundboard and case, so the settle-then-tune window matters here: two to four weeks indoors in the new room before a tuner comes.

Do you reach the towns around Portland?

We do. South Portland, Falmouth, Scarborough, Yarmouth, and the nearby coast are all on this lane, family grands and church organs included. Mark the destination on your inquiry, and one per-piano figure covers the lift in Boston and the set-down on the coast.

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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