Pianos, safes and the pieces that need a specialist
Some items don’t belong on a regular dolly with a regular pair of movers, and the Main Line is full of them — baby grands in the music rooms of old stone colonials, gun safes in finished basements, marble-topped antiques handed down for generations. Premier Movers runs a dedicated specialty crew for exactly this work. Drew Fenton, one of our lead crew chiefs, has spent years moving instruments and heavy specialty pieces through the narrow, turning staircases that make these houses beautiful and brutal to move out of.
Main Line neighbors trust movers in Wayne for a premium move on one written flat rate.
A piano is an engineering problem, not a muscle problem. We assess the route first — the turn at the landing, the width of the front door, the pitch of a flagstone walk — then bring the right gear: piano boards, skid plates, proper straps and padded ramps. Uprights, grands and baby grands all move differently, and we plan each one rather than forcing it and praying.
Specialty work covers more than pianos:
- Gun safes and heavy gym equipment that need skid plates and a planned path
- Pool tables disassembled, slate handled properly, and reassembled and leveled at the new home
- Antique armoires, marble tops, large mirrors and framed art, crated and padded
- Oversized or fragile pieces that won’t clear a staircase whole, taken apart and rebuilt
Specialty moves open at our $395 flat rate and are priced by the item and the access — an upright on one level is straightforward, a baby grand coming down from a third-floor music room in an old Wayne Victorian is a different job entirely. When a piano or a safe is part of a full household move, we can fold it into the hourly crew time at $145/hr for two movers or $195/hr for three rather than charging it separately, and a $150 deposit holds the date. These pieces carry $0.60/lb released-value coverage standard, and for a grand piano or an irreplaceable antique we strongly recommend full-value protection — up to $1,000,000 cargo coverage per shipment is available. Get a flat-rate quote, tell us what we’re moving and where it sits, and we’ll plan the route before we ever touch it.
What comes with it
- A specialty crew led by Drew Fenton, with piano boards, skid plates, straps and padded ramps
- Flat-rate specialty moves opening at $395, with piano work quoted by instrument type and access
- Hourly crews available at $145/hr for two or $195/hr for three when a move pairs with a full household
- Full pad-wrapping and crating for safes, gym equipment, antiques, art and oversized marble or glass
- Disassembly and reassembly of pool tables, armoires and pieces that won't clear narrow stairs whole
- Released-value coverage at $0.60/lb standard, full-value strongly recommended, up to $1,000,000 cargo coverage
How the price gets set
We give you one flat rate on paper after a short walkthrough or video estimate, drawn from the inventory you actually have rather than a clock running by the hour. The price on the sheet is the whole price, with nothing tacked on later.