Piano Movers in Omaha, NE | Tetris Moving

Handle a piano like a bookcase and you walk away with a strained back and an instrument that has gone flat for good. Two things make it hard, the weight and where the weight rides: an upright is 300 to 500 pounds, a baby grand 500 to 600, a concert grand over a thousand, and all of it bears down on the parts a clumsy grip is quickest to ruin. Tetris Moving is a full-service metro mover, not a piano-only shop, but a piano sits right among the things we are rigged to move correctly, on boards, dollies, and load-rated straps that swap leverage for brute strength. Megan and her crew have carried uprights out of Dundee Tudors and rolled grands into Elkhorn living rooms for years, so whether the piano rides with the rest of the house or goes alone, it still draws the gear and the manpower the weight honestly calls for.

Each piano carries its own fixed quote, set before a single lift. A standard upright is $300 to $460 and a baby grand $540 to $820 for a same-floor move with ordinary access, the board, the quilting, and the strapping all included. A grand will not clear a doorway whole, so it tips down onto its long side against a padded skid, the lyre and the pedals come away, the legs are removed one by one while the crew carries the load, and every part travels wrapped alongside the body. An upright stays upright on its board, walked through every doorway by movers who feel which way 400 pounds wants to lean. Stairs add to the quote, and on a tight Old Market block with a narrow entry and no driveway we claim the curb so the truck sits at the door, each line put on paper in advance.

How the piano fits into your moving day

Most often the piano is one item in a much longer list. You are switching homes, so the upright under the window travels with the sofa and the bedroom set, the whole load wrapped and cushioned by the same crew handling the rest of the house. Because the pedals, the lyre, the legs, and the soundboard are the costliest and the most delicate parts, we map and measure the route before a hand touches it, run floor cover the full length, and pad the door jambs. Our $1M cargo coverage sits on the instrument just as it does on everything else aboard, and once it reaches its spot it should rest two to four weeks before a tuner brings the pitch back.

Pianos and other specialty pieces we are rigged for

• Standard, console, spinet, and studio uprights, walked across the thresholds standing on the board
• Baby grands and concert grands, partly disassembled and rested on a skid to be wheeled out
• The instrument going along with a whole-home relocation, or shipped solo as a one-piece job
• Other bulky, hard-to-handle items on request, a loaded safe, a slate pool table, an oversized antique

Moving the whole household, piano and all? Our local moving crew takes the lot. Sending the instrument out of state? It rides on our own authority, laid out on the long-distance moving page. Get a free quote and we will respond within one business hour.

What’s Included

• A fixed quote per piano set ahead: a $300-$460 upright, a $540-$820 baby grand
• Boards, skids, and dollies load-rated well over the weight, never a furniture crew's bare hands
• A grand laid on its long side, pedals and lyre off, legs pulled one at a time, each part wrapped
• An upright kept upright on its board through every doorway by movers who feel the weight
• Thick quilting and strapping that shields the soundboard and the pin block from any jolt in transit
• The route mapped and measured first, floor cover run down, the door jambs padded
• The piano going along with your full household move, or out on its own trip
• Cargo coverage up to $1M on the instrument, the same as everything else aboard