Piano and specialty moving by a crew that has done it
Some items have no second chance. A grand piano, a slate pool table, a gun safe, a marble-top antique handed down three generations; drop any of them and there is no fixing it. Smooth Movers runs a dedicated specialty crew led by Liam Frye for exactly these pieces. We are a licensed and insured Massachusetts mover with the right equipment and the experience to back it, not a general crew winging it with furniture dollies.
Whether the job is in Amherst or downtown Northampton, Pioneer Valley moving crew hands you one flat number up front and holds it — nothing creeps onto the bill on move day.
Pianos, the New England way
Moving a piano in the Pioneer Valley usually means stairs, and often the steep, narrow, twice-turning kind in a Victorian or a triple-decker. We plan the route before move day: every landing, doorway, and turn measured, the right piano board and skid chosen, and a trained team on the straps. Uprights, baby grands, and full grands all get pad-wrapped and handled to protect both the finish and the action. In winter we keep the instrument’s time in the cold and salt short, because moisture and freezing temperatures are the real enemy. Expect to have it tuned once it settles into the new room; that is normal for any move.
Specialty pieces we handle
- Floor safes and gun safes, including basement and upstairs placements
- Slate pool tables, disassembled and reassembled with the felt reset
- Antiques, marble tops, and fragile case goods
- Large mirrors, framed art, and statuary, custom crated
- Oversized or unusually heavy single items others turn down
Crated, padded, and planned
The work that protects a specialty item happens before it leaves the room: custom crating for glass and marble, corner protection, blanket wrapping, and a route that avoids the bad turn instead of forcing it. Our crews would rather spend twenty extra minutes planning than make a damage claim, and so would you.
Priced as a clear add-on
Specialty handling is folded into your flat quote as a defined line, so there is no vague surcharge appearing later, and the $110 deposit that holds the date credits to the total. Released-value coverage is standard, full-value protection is available, and cargo coverage runs up to a million dollars per shipment. Whether it is one piano or a houseful with a few delicate pieces, tell us what you have and we will scope it right. Get my free moving quote for your specialty move.
What’s included
- Trained piano crew with proper boards, skids, and straps for uprights, baby grands, and grands
- Stair and turn planning for getting an instrument down a narrow triple-decker or Victorian staircase
- Climate-aware handling and pad-wrapping to protect finish and action through New England cold
- Specialty moving for safes, gun safes, antiques, slate pool tables, and fine art
- Custom crating and corner protection for marble tops, glass, and irreplaceable heirlooms
- Add-on specialty handling priced into your flat quote, with the deposit credited to the bill
How the price gets set
We start with a short walkthrough or video survey, and from your actual inventory we set one flat Pioneer Valley rate — no hourly meter buried anywhere inside it. Whatever that quote reads is the whole price, with nothing added once the truck is loaded or a Nor’easter pushes the date.