Boston to Worcester Piano Transport | Mt Auburn Piano Movers

Boston west to Worcester: 50 miles on I-90, the Mass Pike, with one trained piano crew start to finish and a flat per-piano figure agreed first.

Worcester sits an easy 50 miles west of our Watertown shop, and it is one of the lanes our crew runs most. A fair number of these calls are a family grand going out to a Victorian on the West Side or up by Salisbury Street; others are a console headed for a teacher near Clark or Holy Cross, or an upright bound for one of the Music Worcester recital rooms. Whatever the instrument, Mt Auburn Piano Movers keeps it on one truck with the same trained piano crew the whole way. The hands that wrap your soundboard and case in Boston are the hands that wheel it up the steps in Worcester.

The drive is a short, steady hour straight out I-90, the Mass Pike, so the piano spends very little time on the road. Paul still rides along on the trickier grands, and the truck is padded and climate-aware because a New England piano hates a sudden swing in temperature or humidity even on a quick run. A grand is tipped onto a skid board with the legs, lyre, and pedals off and back on at the far end; an upright rides strapped and blanketed 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 only pianos and a short list of heavy, fragile specialty pieces. We never subcontract the lift to anyone. Get a Boston to Worcester piano quote, or look at how our piano transport service runs this lane.

A piano is priced per piano, a flat figure you approve before the truck rolls, and on a local lane like this one stairs or a tight Worcester walk-up are the only things that move the number. Tell us the make and where it has to go, and that figure holds from your room in Boston to the room in Worcester.

Boston → Worcester — Estimated Cost

Home SizeEstimated Flat RateTypical Transit
Upright / Spinet$350–$520Same day
Console / Studio$440–$640Same day
Baby Grand$640–$940Same day
Grand / Concert Grand$880–$1,380Same 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 Worcester?

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.
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.
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.
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 Worcester take?

It is a short lane, roughly 50 miles west on I-90, the Mass Pike, and about an hour behind the wheel. Almost every Worcester piano is loaded, driven, and set in its new room the same day. The settling and tuning come later: a piano wants two to four weeks to adjust to the new room before a technician touches it.

Is the Worcester price fixed before you arrive?

It is. A piano is priced per piano as a flat figure, set off the make, the type, and the access at both ends rather than by the hour. Once Paul or a coordinator confirms the stairs and the carry, that figure is what you pay. Only an unexpected flight of stairs or a tight Worcester walk-up would change it.

Does another company finish the move in Worcester?

Never. We are a licensed Massachusetts mover with our own trucks and our own piano-only crew, holding USDOT and MC authority and a million in cargo coverage. The same crew that skid-boards your grand in Boston unloads it in Worcester. No handoff, no broker, no outside hauler touches the instrument.

Do you cover the towns around Worcester too?

We do. Shrewsbury, Auburn, Holden, Grafton, and the rest of Worcester County sit on this lane, along with the music schools and churches with sanctuary grands. Name the address when you write in, and one per-piano figure covers the lift in Boston and the set-down out there.

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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