Piano Moving Services in Los Angeles & Southern California
At Luna’s Piano Movers & Storage, we specialize in professional piano moving across Los Angeles, Orange County, and the entire West Coast. With over 30 years of experience, our team has safely transported everything from family upright pianos to 9-foot concert grands, ensuring they arrive in perfect condition. Whether you’re moving across town, across California, or across state lines, we provide secure, reliable, and affordable piano moving services.
Why Choose Luna’s for Piano Moving?
When searching for “piano movers near me,” you need a company that combines expertise, equipment, and care. Here’s why families, concert halls, and recording studios choose us:
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Experienced Professionals – Over three decades of safe piano transport.
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Specialized Equipment – Piano boards, ramps, dollies, stair climbers, and custom straps.
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Fully Licensed & Insured – Protection for your valuable instrument.
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Local & Long-Distance Service – Serving Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and beyond.
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Customer Satisfaction – Hundreds of successful moves with 5-star reviews.
Types of Pianos We Move
Not all pianos are the same, and each requires special care. Our team handles:
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Upright Pianos (spinet, console, studio, upright grands)
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Grand Pianos (baby grand, parlor grand, concert grand)
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Digital & Hybrid Pianos
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Antique & Heirloom Pianos
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Organs & Specialty Instruments
No matter the size or style, we move your piano safely through tight spaces, stairs, and challenging environments.
How We Move Pianos Safely
Moving a piano is different from moving furniture. Here’s how we do it right:
All terrain Piano Moving
Moving a piano through flat and smooth surfaces isn't always an option. Sometimes a house is built on a hill or there is a long dirt, grass or gravel path to travel though. We have the ability to transport your piano through tough and uneven terrain. Sometimes an all terrain dolly isn't enough though. In cases where the ground is severely uneven or in cases where the all terrain tires aren't big enough. We use the assistance of wooden planks.
We have two different types of all terrain dollies. The traditional smooth wheel, narrow frame dolly and the bigger wide base.
Narrow smooth wheel all terrain dolly: This dolly is used for level all terrain surfaces and allows us to go directly into your home. Smooth wheels means that rocks and sticks will not get stuck in the tread crease. This is important because pianos weight 300-1200lbs and will dent and/or scratch your floors.
Wide base all terrain dolly: This dolly (as shown below) is used when the ground is not level. It helps keep the piano from tipping over to the left or right. This dolly does not have smooth wheels and will therefore need to be transferred onto a regular piano dolly once we've grossed over onto concrete/smooth floors.
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Moving a piano through stairs
Moving a piano through stairs can be a challenge. Luna's Piano Moving offers a few moving options when carrying a piano up or down a flight of stairs.
At Luna's Piano Moving, we understand that moving a piano up or down flights of stairs can be a daunting task. Whether you're moving to a new home or a new venue, it's important to ensure that your precious piano is transported safely and securely. In this article, we'll share some tips and advice for moving a piano up or down flights of stairs.
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Measure the staircase
Before you start moving your piano, it's important to measure the staircase to ensure that it can fit through. This is especially important if you have a grand piano or a larger upright piano. You'll need to measure the height, width, and depth of the piano, as well as the width of the staircase. This will help you determine if you need to disassemble the piano or if you can move it as is.
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Use proper equipment
When moving a piano up or down stairs, it's important to use the proper equipment. This includes a dolly, straps, and padding. A dolly will help you move the piano more easily, while straps will help secure it in place. Padding will protect the piano from any bumps or scratches.
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Disassemble the piano
If your piano is too large to fit through the staircase, you may need to disassemble it. This involves removing the legs, pedals, and other parts, and wrapping them in padding. Make sure you keep track of all the parts and label them to make reassembling the piano easier.
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Hire a professional piano mover
Moving a piano up or down stairs is not a task for the faint of heart. It requires strength, skill, and experience. If you're not comfortable moving your piano yourself, it's best to hire a professional piano mover. Luna's Piano Moving has over 30 years of experience moving pianos up and down stairs, and we have the expertise and equipment to get the job done safely and efficiently.
Moving a piano up or down stairs can be a challenging task, but with the right equipment and expertise, it can be done safely and efficiently. Whether you choose to move your piano yourself or hire a professional, make sure you take the necessary precautions to ensure that your piano arrives at its destination in perfect condition. At Luna's Piano Moving, we're here to help make your piano move as stress-free as possible. Contact us today to learn more about our piano moving services.
Method 1: Carrying/Lifting by hand.
This requires more man power and is the most labor intensive method. Why would we do it this way when there are easier methods? Every piano and every property is different. Sometimes there isn't enough room to use our ramps. Sometimes there is a low hanging roof halfway through the staircase and dose not allow use to use the ramp (a ramp raises the elevation clearance). And sometimes a stair climber does not allow us to have the right angle or clearance. For example, we would never be able to use a stair climber on a 9.5ft concert grand piano, they are simple too long for a stair climber and will always be too heavy for the person operating the dolly since the leverage will always be uneven.
Method 2: Ramps
In most cases we use ramps. Since ramps come in many length and sizes, we come equipped with many ramps. Ramps provide an easy solution when dealing with stairs since they hop over the steps. However, sometimes we cannot use a ramp due to the amount of stairs (usually 10 steps is the max) and need to use other methods.
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Method 3: Piano Boards
Another method is using the piano boards to slide a piano up/down a flight of stairs. We cover all steps using floor runners and/or thick moving blankets (you can't find this quality at home depot) every time we use the piano board sliding method. We also use hot tub sleds whenever possible. Both piano board and sleds have their advantages and disadvantages. It is up to the piano movers to decide on the spot which method they will use. We are there to move your piano in the safest possible manner.
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Method 4: Appliance Dolly
Why would you use an appliance dolly on a piano? A great question to ask since this isn’t an appliance, how is it useful considering we have a ton of other piano moving equipment? First, an appliance dolly has a low weight capacity rating, usually under 500lbs so we tend to use them only on spinet and miniature sized pianos. Second, appliance dollies are very light, especially if they are made from aluminum. The appliance dolly and small upright combination allows our team to keep things light while providing maximum maneuverability since these appliance dollies are small.
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Method 5: Stair climbing dolly
The stair climbing dolly can handle up to 1200lbs pianos. That's the weight of a concert grand, but we can never use it on a concert grand. As stated above, the concert grand piano is simply too long to balance. We mainly use it for grand pianos under 6'5" and all uprights. If the stairs are spiral or there is a tight turn, we will not be able to use the stair climbing dolly. Although the 4th image is not a piano, it shows our foreman using the Escalera Stairclimber and, thanks to the white steps contrast, shows a clear shot of how it climbs steps.
How to properly move a Full Concert Grand
Our piano moving method greatly reduces risk of damage to your piano and injury to our movers.
The piano accident shown above could have been avoided if the movers were better equipped. Check out this section of our website that shows us moving a few Concert Grand Pianos. This piano weighed approximately 1400lbs. Many pieces of equipment were used on this piano move. Piano Board, Piano Board Stands, Piano Tilter, All Terrain Piano Dolly, 4ft Ramp, 10ft Ramp, low profile trailer and most importantly, experienced professional piano movers. Luna's Piano Moving & Storage offers top of the line piano moving services.
If you have a min, play the video below and view the step by step images that show how we properly move concert grand pianos.
First we inspect, then prep!
First we check the piano for damage and take pictures. Once we have inspected the piano we use thick moving blankets. Luna's Piano Moving & Storage uses only the highest quality moving blankets tough enough to handle the heaviest and most delicate pianos. We use more blankets than most piano moving companies. Safety of our movers and delivering your piano without a scratch are our main priorities.
Our piano moving methods have improved over the years. Check out our entire website and view our piano moving equipment. You will not see other piano movers use them. Why? Either they don't know it exist or don't feel it's worth the cost. Sure it's expensive, but we have high standards!
Next we remove lyre/pedals and insert piano tilter
Why is that yellow device? That device is a tool that we use to tilt the piano onto a piano board. It eliminates one of the most dangerous steps when moving a grand style piano. In order to lay the piano on a piano board, the left side needs to be lowered onto the piano board. Without this device, there is a risk that the piano might slip and the corner will slam onto the piano board. This causes the corner of the piano to crack. This happens all the time. A lot of the pianos that we move have this damage so we make sure to first check it out and inform the customer prior to moving it.
The piano tilting device allows use to slowly tilt the piano with one person. In fact, if the piano board is not properly aligned, we can easily roll the piano back, adjust the piano board and roll the piano back onto the board.
Time to tilt onto the piano board and strap down
Here we are shown using our tilter on a concert grand and a grand piano (3rd image). In the first 2 images, we show a 9'2" 1400lbs concert grand player piano being tilted onto our piano board. On this piano, we are setting this concert grand piano onto the all terrain dolly using our piano board blocks (the blocks with the blue rubber top). On the 3rd image we see a different technique. We set it down on a piano board that is not on a dolly or piano board stands. This piano was stored in the customers house and did not need to be moved using a dolly.
As you can see, this device allows one man to handle large grand pianos with ease.
Remove tilter, strap onto the all terrain piano dolly and roll it
There were 4 steps going from the hallway down to the garage. When moving a piano that weighs close to 1400lbs, extreme care is needed. We take our time, access the situation and bring out every possible tool/piece of equipment in our arsenal. It is only because of how well prepared we come that we're able to do what most piano movers can't/won't do.
Bringing the piano down a fiberglass ramp
To access the garage from the hallway, one must descend four steps. Moving a piano that weighs almost 1400lbs requires utmost caution, so we proceed slowly and carefully, assessing the situation and utilizing every tool and equipment available in our arsenal. Our thorough preparation allows us to accomplish what many other piano movers are unwilling or unable to do.
Loaded, strapped and ready to head to the next location
Once the piano made it down the loading ramp, it was wheeled over 40ft and into our vehicle. We secure all pianos properly. Sometimes it looks like padding on top of padding with more padding and that's because one of our top priorities is to deliver a piano in the exact same condition that it was prior to moving it.
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