Most piano emergencies look the same when the phone rings: the new owner expects delivery by morning, the estate buyer is pulling up with a trailer this afternoon, the recital director realized the stage grand has to be swapped before tonight, or a unit has to be empty before the lease ends Friday. Mt Auburn Piano Movers keeps a crew on call for precisely these days, and when one is open we reach your curb that same day or the following one, arriving with the boards, the carriage, the rated straps, and a crew that trains on pianos and nothing else.
Speed never becomes an excuse to cut a corner on the instrument. The grand still goes onto its long side against the skid board, the lyre and pedal assembly still come away, the legs still unbolt and ride wrapped, runners still go down over the path, and the $1M of coverage holds the whole way. The price is the same per-piano figure you would see on a planned booking, written down before the first lift, with nothing added for the hurry. Paul has fielded these scrambles for years around the metro, a student clearing out of a Cambridge sublet on a Sunday deadline, a church needing its sanctuary upright gone before a Saturday wedding, a family racing a closing, and each one moves the way a calm, scheduled job does.
What sets the timeline is the access, so a quick call settles it: the piano type and rough weight, the path at both ends, a triple-decker walk-up, a brownstone switchback, a North End street too tight for a truck, an upper floor that might want a crane, and the hour you are working against. From that, Paul builds a crew the size the climb and the clock demand. If the instrument also has to ship out of state the same day, our wrapping and skid supplies ride along and we can crate it then and there. If your deadline turns out to have a little room, booking it instead as a scheduled local piano move can come in lower.
Holding out in hope that the deadline loosens usually just leaves you fewer crews to choose from; phoning sooner secures a roomier slot and the hands the lift actually needs. Get a written quote and we will respond within one business hour.
What’s Included
- An on-call piano crew ready to reach your curb that day or the following one
- The regular per-piano figure in writing, with nothing tacked on for the urgency
- A truck arriving stocked with boards, the grand carriage, dollies, and rated straps
- The grand still skid-boarded and broken down (lyre, pedals, legs off and wrapped), even in a rush
- Our $1M coverage holding through every minute of the scramble
- Wrapping and skid supplies riding along, so an out-of-state piano can be crated then and there
- A crew Paul scales to the climb and the clock, so the job lands in time
- Sure footing on hard access: a walk-up, a brownstone switchback, a crane, a narrow street
What Does It Cost?
Per-piano flat pricing — uprights from $220, grands by the room
Two trained piano movers, the truck, the piano boards, and all the pads and dollies are part of the price.
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