If you need to move fine arts such as a piano you may want to consider hiring a professional moving company in Baltimore, MD. Moving a piano can be extremely dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. It is generally the heaviest item a person owns. A piano weighs anywhere between 400 and 1500 pounds. Pianos are the most awkward and one of the most priceless pieces in the home. Moving a piano takes special equipment and a lot of manpower by skilled movers with years of experience.

Attempting to move a piano without the right equipment can result in serious injury to the movers, your home and the piano. Generally pianos have metal rollers that will damage wood flooring if the piano is dragged or dropped on the floor. Pianos should always be lifted even though they have rollers; piano legs are fragile and can break easily. Our Piano movers in Baltimore have four wheel dollies and skid boards which are necessary items when attempting to move a piano. A skid board is a specially padded board; the piano is placed on its side on the board and secured with straps. The finish on pianos are very delicate, an expert mover will take special care not to scratch the finish when placing the piano on the board.

Pianos contain more than 12,000 delicate parts including a cast iron plate and several action parts. The pianos pedals may become broken or damaged if an amateur mover forgets what order the pedal rods were in. During the move piano keys can fall out or become a jumbled mess if a key stop rail is not placed over the keys to protect the piano. Once the piano arrives safely at your new destination it will not be in working order until it is tuned. Humidity along with other factors affects the tuning of the piano. Our movers are experts at piano tuning and will have you playing a tune as soon as you enter your new home.

When moving a grand piano to your location with a truck or van, the piano should be transported horizontally. Never stand a piano up on its legs when moving it from one location to the next. Even the slightest bump or jolt can knock the piano hammers out of alignment. Before placing a grand piano on its side the “actions” should be removed or securely firmed and protected. The “actions” are very fragile and irreplaceable if damaged. Our local Baltimore movers have many years of experience at transporting pianos.

All pianos are dangerous to move because of their weight. Vertical pianos are "top heavy" and grand pianos tend to flip over very easily. If a piano tips over anything or anyone it comes in contact with will be damaged or hurt. If a person should become trapped under a piano it could be fatal. The cost to repair a piano, your home and the risks it may cause others is simply not worth doing it alone. Our piano movers will be more than happy to transport your piano from one location to another. If you cherish your piano and want to preserve it give Ultimate Moving a call.

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