Piano Movers in Newton, MA | Mt Auburn Piano Movers

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

Newton is the garden suburb of big Victorians and center-entrance colonials spread across its villages, from Newtonville and West Newton to Chestnut Hill, and behind a lot of those parlor windows sits a family grand or a well-loved upright. Our crew comes up Route 16 and the Mass Pike to Newton more than almost any town, because the housing stock here is built for pianos and against easy access at the same time. The driveways climb, the front walks turn, and a center-entrance colonial usually means a narrow back stair to a second-floor music room. Paul Marchetti, a former piano technician, founded Mt Auburn Piano Movers in 2009, and a Newton job, where an heirloom grand has to come off a sloped drive and around a banister, is the very move he built a piano-only crew around.

We scout the approach before a Newton move, because the hill is often the hard part. Our crew checks the grade of the driveway, the turn at the front walk, and the width of any back stair, then sets the ramp and the skid board so a grand never gets muscled around a corner. On a grand the legs, lyre, and pedals come off and the case rides on its side on a padded board, and we protect the lid and the soundboard before it ever leaves the room. Grands run 600 to 1,200 pounds, so we use four hands, proper straps, and a controlled descent on a sloped Newton drive rather than speed. If a piano is settling into a new music room, we remind families it needs two to four weeks to acclimate before tuning, and we can line up a technician once it has. Our trucks are padded and climate-aware for the New England swing from hard freeze to humid August.

A local grand in Newton starts around $580 to $980 and a baby grand around $420 to $720, with a long carry from a top-of-the-drive door adding $60 to $140 and stairs about $40 to $75 a flight, the whole flat per-piano figure agreed up front. Mt Auburn Piano Movers is a licensed and insured Massachusetts mover, carrying a DPU household-goods carrier license, USDOT and MC authority for interstate transport, and $1M in cargo coverage. Get a per-piano figure from Paul at no charge on the estimate page; read how our local piano moves include.

Flat-Rate Newton Piano Moving

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

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

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Newton 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 family grand out of a Newton Victorian?

Yes, it is much of what we do here. Newton's Victorians and center-entrance colonials are full of family grands and uprights, and our crew is built for exactly that. We pull the legs, lyre, and pedals off the grand, ride the case on a padded skid board, and protect the lid and soundboard before it leaves the parlor, with the same trained crew start to finish.

A steep Newton driveway with a piano on board, how does that go?

We scout the grade before the date and plan around it. A sloped driveway and a turning front walk are common in Newton, so we set the ramp and skid board for a controlled descent rather than muscling the case around a corner. With a grand running 600 to 1,200 pounds, four hands and proper straps on a controlled line beat speed every time.

When can I tune the piano after you move it?

Give it two to four weeks to settle into the new room first. A piano needs to acclimate to the temperature and humidity of its new spot before it holds a tuning, especially with New England's seasonal swings. Once it has settled, we can line up a technician for you, usually $150 to $250 paid to the tuner, on request.

What does a piano move in Newton cost?

Pianos are priced per piano. A local grand starts around $580 to $980 and a baby grand $420 to $720, with a long carry from a top-of-the-drive door adding $60 to $140 and stairs about $40 to $75 a flight. The flat figure is agreed in writing up front, with no hourly clock.

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