How to Move a Piano in Los Angeles

When it comes to moving a piano, it is always recommended to seek professional movers; a professional moving service Los Angeles has the experience required to move such a complicated and expensive item. However, if you want to attempt to do the job yourself,  recruit a couple of people to help.

When moving a piano within a room
Before moving a piano, make sure to lower the lid and lock it before you start. Make sure the piano is easily accessible from all sides.  At least one person should be positioned at each end of the piano when moving an upright. Make sure not to bend your back when lifting to avoid severe back strain or injury. Instead, bend your knees and keep your back straight.

Make sure the new location for the piano is suitable. You do not want to move it into cold drafts or close to heating devices. Move the piano slowly and carefully, just a few inches at a time, moving it endways, not sideways.  Be cautious not to strain the legs of the piano, especially when you have to move it on carpeting or over a threshold. Take enough weight off the casters to make it roll easier, but do not lift it off the floor. Make sure to lift the casters over bumps in the floor, one leg at a time.

Moving an Upright Piano from room to room or house to house
When moving a piano across greater distances, it is recommended to hire movers to do the job for you. You will need a crew of four Los Angeles movers; two at each end of the piano. Let no one other than the assigned movers touch the piano. Movers should be wearing work gloves to protect their hands. The piano needs to be protected with plastic when transporting, making sure the lid is locked.

Give the movers specific instructions of how and where to move the piano. They will put the piano on a heavy-duty dolly; by doing so, it will preserve tuning. Not only that, but it will also help keep movers from damaging not only the piano, but your home. The movers will lift and roll the piano endways. They will hold the handle behind the piano while it is rolling. Remind them to be cautious with threshold and door jambs.

Be patient, movers have to move slowly so as not to trip over any obstacles in their way. Remember that, because most of the weight of an upright piano is located towards its back, it does tilt over easily. Movers may choose to tip the piano back very slightly as they roll it to avoid damage. Also, the spinets and console pianos have thin front legs that can easily break if caught by something.

Paying cheap movers in Los Angeles might be worth the money you might save on paying for damaged pianos, or worse, hospital bills, if you attempt to do so by yourself. And don’t even think about moving a grand across town, let alone up and down the stairs, without professional help.