Piano Movers in Arlington, MA | Mt Auburn Piano Movers

Licensed, insured piano movers serving Arlington and the rest of Greater Boston — careful, flat per-piano pricing, on time, every move.

Arlington runs up Mass Ave from Cambridge, a tight-knit streetcar suburb where two-families and colonials line the blocks from the Heights down to the Center. The houses here are older and built close, with finished basements that musicians turn into practice rooms and back stairs that were never sized for a piano. A good share of our Arlington work is an upright headed down to or up from a basement studio, or a console that must come around a two-family back stair. Paul Marchetti started Mt Auburn Piano Movers in 2009 after years as a piano technician, and an Arlington job, with its narrow back stair and a half-flight to a finished basement, is the kind of access problem our piano-only crew solves all the time.

We plan an Arlington move around the basement and the back stair, because both are tighter than they look. Our crew measures the half-flight down to a finished basement and the turn at the back-stair landing before the date, then sets the skid board and straps for a controlled move in either direction. An upright at 300 to 500 pounds going down a steep basement stair needs four hands and a spotter, not speed, and we pad the case so a low beam or a tight corner never jars the cabinet or the soundboard. The two-family layouts often share an entry, so we lay protection and keep the carry clean for the neighbors. Mass Ave and the side streets get crowded, so we arrange the truck spot ahead. Our padded, climate-aware trucks guard the soundboard against the New England cold on the short run back toward Cambridge.

A local upright in Arlington starts around $220 to $400 and a console around $280 to $480, with a basement half-flight or a back stair adding roughly $40 to $75 a flight, the flat per-piano figure quoted up front. Mt Auburn Piano Movers is a licensed and insured Massachusetts mover, holding a DPU household-goods carrier license, USDOT and MC authority for interstate piano transport, and $1M in cargo coverage. Ask Paul for a flat per-piano price on the estimate page. Read how our local piano moves include.

Flat-Rate Arlington Piano Moving

Per-piano pricing — uprights from $220, grands by the room

Our crew knows the stairs, parking, and buildings in Arlington.

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Arlington Piano Moving 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.”

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you move a piano down to a finished basement studio in Arlington?

This keeps our Arlington crew busy. Arlington's two-families and colonials often have finished basements that musicians use as practice rooms, reached by a steep half-flight. We measure the stair and the turn before the date, set the skid board and straps, and run a controlled descent with four hands and a spotter, padding the case against a low beam or tight corner.

My Arlington two-family has a tight back stair. Will that slow you down?

It is just the access we plan for. The back stairs in these older two-families never had a piano in mind, so we measure the landing turn ahead of the date and ride the case on a padded skid board around it. The same trained piano crew handles the whole move, and we put down protection on a shared entry for the neighbors.

Will the cold hurt my piano on the way over?

Not in our trucks. They are padded and climate-aware, so a January cold snap does not leave the case brittle or shock the soundboard on the short run back toward Cambridge. Once the piano is in its new room, give it two to four weeks to settle before tuning, and we can line up a technician on request.

What does a piano move in Arlington cost?

Pianos are priced per piano. A local upright starts around $220 to $400, a console $280 to $480, and a baby grand $420 to $720, with a basement half-flight or a back stair adding about $40 to $75 a flight. The flat figure is set on paper up front, with no hourly clock.

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