piano removal
grand rapids.
Furniture City built a lot of houses with a piano in the front room, and a surprising number of them are still there. The Grand Rapids crew moves uprights, spinets, consoles and grands out of parlors, down porch steps and up out of basements, with the right dolly and the right number of hands. If the piano can still be played, a donation home is tried before the truck.
- Quote
- Flat, per piano, stairs counted up front
- Crew
- Two or three movers depending on the piano
- Donation
- Attempted first on playable instruments
- Floors
- Runners down on hardwood and tile
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What goes on the truck.
Loads with the crew
- Upright, spinet, console and studio pianos
- Baby grand and grand pianos, legs removed on site
- Church and home organs, electric and pipe-console styles
- Digital pianos and keyboards with stands
- Benches, covers and sheet music cabinets
Stays behind, and why
- Player piano mechanisms that need a specialist to disassemble, until you send a photo
- Instruments the owner wants appraised first (the crew can wait, just say so)
Before the crew arrives.
Measure the doorway and the narrowest turn between the piano and the exit. Old Grand Rapids houses have tight front halls, and the crew plans the route from your numbers.
Clear the piano top and the bench. Sheet music, lamps and picture frames tend to go missing on moving day otherwise.
Tell the crew if the piano sits in a basement, on a landing, or anywhere a lift gate cannot reach directly.
Decide whether you want it rehomed or hauled. A playable upright has a real chance of finding a Kent County home if the crew knows to try.
How it is priced.
Pianos in Grand Rapids are quoted flat per instrument. An upright on the ground floor with a straight shot to the door is the base. Stairs, a basement, a grand that needs its legs pulled, or a long carry through a Heritage Hill side yard each add a known amount, and you get the full number before anyone touches it.
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Playable pianos are offered to churches, schools and families in Kent and Ottawa counties first. Instruments that have reached the end are broken down in the yard, the cast iron harp and strings go to a metal recycler, the hardwood case is separated, and only the felt and particleboard go to the transfer station.
Mission log.
Real answers from the Grand Rapids crew. If your question is not here, the phone works.
(616) 537-2651Q 01Can you move a piano out of a Heritage Hill second floor?
Yes, with three movers and a stair dolly. The crew will ask for a photo of the staircase and the turn at the top. Spinets and consoles go down most stairs; full uprights sometimes need the handrail removed, which the crew can do and put back.
Q 02What happens to my grandmother's upright if nobody wants it?
The crew tries donation partners and local music programs first. If there is no taker within the window you need, it gets broken down responsibly: iron and strings recycled, wood separated, the small remainder to a licensed facility.
Q 03Do you move grand pianos in Grand Rapids?
Yes. Baby grands and full grands have their legs and lyre removed, the body is wrapped and tipped onto a skid board, and it rolls out on its side. It is a three-person job and priced as one.
Q 04Is piano removal priced by weight?
No. Flat per piano, adjusted for stairs and access. Weight matters to the crew's back, not to your bill.
Q 05Will the piano scratch my hardwood floors?
It should not. The crew puts runners down from the piano to the door and the skid board has padded rails. Old pine floors in Eastown and Creston houses get extra attention because they dent easily.
Q 06Can you take the piano and clear the rest of the room the same trip?
Yes. The piano is its own flat price and anything else is priced by the load. Combining them saves you a second trip charge.
Q 07How soon can you pick up a piano in Kentwood or Wyoming?
Often next day. Pianos need a specific crew size, so the dispatcher books them around the day's schedule rather than squeezing them into a same-day gap.
Q 08Do you go out to Holland or Grand Haven for a single piano?
Yes, on a lakeshore day. The crew groups Ottawa County stops, so you may be offered a day later in the week rather than tomorrow.
Show the Grand Rapids crew the pile. They handle the rest.
Describe what is leaving and when you want it gone. The crew calls back with a window and a rough number, then locks the real price at your curb.
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