Piano & Heavy Item Removals in Melbourne

Piano removals in Melbourne, plus the other things a normal crew should not attempt. Pool tables, safes, home gyms and sculpture. A bad lift does not scratch a piano. It cracks a soundboard, and that repair costs more than the instrument is worth.

Skates, ramps & stair climbers $1M transit cover Photos first, then a firm price
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What's included in a piano move

Send photos of the instrument, the doorway and the stairs. That is the whole quote process.

  • A crew sized to the weight not to the room
  • Piano skates and a proper board for stairs
  • Blankets, straps and corner protection on the case
  • Pedals and legs protected or removed where needed
  • Doorframes and floors covered at both ends
  • Secured upright in the truck never laid on its back
  • Placed where you want it not left in the hall
  • $1M public liability and transit cover
  • A firm price from photos before anyone turns up
  • One coordinator from the quote to the placement

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Photos of the instrument and the access at both ends give you a fixed price.

No obligation · No cancellation fees

A piano is not heavy furniture. It is a machine under tension

The weight is the obvious part. The part that costs money is what the weight is doing to everything inside the case.

Send photos of the stairs

  • Twenty tonnes of string tension

    An upright holds well over two hundred strings, and together they pull with a force measured in tonnes. The frame and soundboard are built to carry that load in one direction. Drop one end on a step and the shock goes somewhere it was never designed to go.

  • The damage you cannot see on the day

    A piano can arrive looking perfect and play wrong. A shifted action, a hairline crack in the soundboard, a loose bridge. You find out weeks later when a tuner tells you. By then nobody can prove when it happened.

  • The weight is not where you think

    Most of an upright's mass sits high and toward the back. That is why they tip rather than slide. Two strong people and a furniture trolley is the wrong answer. Skates and a stair board exist because the physics do not care how fit you are.

  • Terrace stairs, then the turn

    Inner Melbourne staircases were built narrow and they almost always turn at the bottom. The straight run is fine. The turn is where a piano gets lifted rather than rolled. That decides the crew size. We check it from your photos before quoting.

Pianos and other things too heavy for a normal crew

  • Upright pianos

    The most common job. Terrace stairs and apartment lifts, most weeks.

  • Grand pianos

    Legs and lyre off, onto a skid board, wrapped. A different job entirely.

  • Digital pianos and organs

    Lighter but awkward, and the action still does not like a drop.

  • Pool and billiard tables

    Slate comes off in pieces. It goes back needing a proper re-level.

  • Safes and gun safes

    Heavy, top-loaded and often needing re-anchoring at the other end.

  • Home gym equipment

    Racks, benches and plates. Dismantled, moved and rebuilt square.

  • Sculpture and large art

    Crated or blanket-wrapped depending on the piece and the access.

  • Spas and oversized tubs

    Awkward rather than fragile. Usually a crane question, not a truck one.

How much piano removal costs in Melbourne

Quoted as a firm price from photos, not hourly. The instrument matters less than the path it has to travel.

Get a firm price

  • Quoting

    Firm price

    From photos, before the day

  • Crew

    2 to 4

    Set by weight and access

  • Upright

    Roughly 200–350kg

    Varies a lot by model

  • Cover

    $1M transit

    Plus public liability

When the answer is a hoist, not a crew

Sometimes a piano genuinely will not go back the way it came. A renovated staircase, a new balustrade, a door that was widened and then narrowed again.

The options then are a window or balcony lift with a hoist, quoted separately. Better to find that out from photos. Nobody wants a crew standing in the hallway working it out.

What affects your quote

  • Stairs, and the turn

    A straight run is cheap. A tight turn is not.

  • Lift or no lift

    In a tower, whether it fits and whether the dock is booked.

  • Distance to the truck

    Terrace frontages with no off-street parking add time.

  • Instrument type

    A grand needs legs off and a skid board. More crew, more gear.

  • Doorway widths

    Measured from your photos. Occasionally a door has to come off.

  • Re-anchoring

    Safes under 150kg have to be fixed down again at the new address.

The gear that makes it a job rather than a gamble

Piano skates

Low rolling platforms that take the weight off the castors and the floor.

Stair boards and ramps

The piano rolls down a controlled slope instead of being carried step by step.

Grand skid boards

Legs and lyre off, body onto the board, wrapped and strapped on its side.

Tail-lift trucks

No lifting at the truck. The instrument rolls on and gets strapped upright.

How a piano move runs

  1. 01 Step

    Photos first

    The piano, the doorway, the stairs and the kerb. Firm price back the same day.

  2. 02 Step

    We plan the path

    Crew size, gear and the route out. Lift and dock booked if it is an apartment.

  3. 03 Step

    Wrapped and moved

    Case protected, floors covered, onto skates and out. Upright in the truck.

  4. 04 Step

    Placed and checked

    Positioned where you want it, castors down, and you look it over before we go.

Four things worth asking a piano mover

  1. Do you own piano gear?

    Skates, boards and ramps. A furniture trolley is not piano equipment.

  2. Will you price from photos?

    We will, and we hold it. An hourly quote on a piano is a guess.

  3. Is it your own crew?

    Ours are. This is not a job to hand to whoever was free that morning.

  4. Will you say no?

    If it cannot be done safely we tell you, and explain what would make it possible.

Piano moving Melbourne wide

Metro wide and out to regional Victoria. The inner north and inner east give us the most stair work. That is where the terraces and old walk-up flats are. The towers give us the lift and dock bookings.

  • CBD & Docklands

    Melbourne CBD · Docklands · Southbank · Carlton · North Melbourne · Parkville

  • Inner North

    Fitzroy · Collingwood · Brunswick · Northcote · Thornbury · Coburg · Preston

  • Inner East

    Richmond · Hawthorn · Kew · Camberwell · Balwyn · Surrey Hills · Box Hill

  • Inner South

    South Yarra · Prahran · Windsor · Toorak · Armadale · Malvern · St Kilda

  • Bayside

    Brighton · Hampton · Sandringham · Beaumaris · Mentone · Mordialloc · Cheltenham

  • Inner West

    Footscray · Yarraville · Seddon · Williamstown · Newport · Altona · Spotswood

  • North & Growth Corridor

    Reservoir · Bundoora · Epping · Craigieburn · Mill Park · Greensborough

  • Eastern Suburbs

    Doncaster · Templestowe · Ringwood · Blackburn · Glen Waverley · Vermont

  • South East & West

    Dandenong · Clayton · Berwick · Cranbourne · Werribee · Point Cook · Tarneit · Melton

Services people book with a piano move

House Removals

The piano plus everything else

Storage

While the new room is finished

Furniture Assembly

Gym racks and pool tables rebuilt

Labour Hire

Crew only, if you have transport

Rubbish Removal

For the piano nobody wants

Piano removal questions, answered

How much does it cost to move a piano in Melbourne?
Quoted as a firm price from photos rather than hourly. Stairs, the turn at the bottom and the walk to the truck set the number. The instrument matters less. Send photos and you get a price the same day.
Can two people just carry it?
Please do not. Most of an upright's weight sits high and to the rear, so it tips rather than slides. The injuries and the damage both come from that.
Will the move put it out of tune?
Almost certainly, and that is normal. Tuning drifts with the move and with the new room. Let it settle for two to three weeks in its new spot, then book a tuner.
Should I book the tuner before or after?
After, and a few weeks after. A tuning done the day it lands will drift again. The instrument is still adjusting to the new room.
Can you get it up or down a narrow terrace staircase?
Usually, and the turn at the bottom is what decides it. Send photos looking up and down the stairs. We will tell you before the day, not on it.
What if it genuinely will not fit?
Then the option is a window or balcony lift with a hoist, quoted separately. It happens most often where a staircase or balustrade has been rebuilt since the piano went in.
Can you move a grand?
Yes. Legs and lyre come off, the body goes onto a skid board on its side, wrapped and strapped. It is a bigger crew and a longer job than an upright.
Do you move pianos into apartments?
Yes, and we book the service lift and the dock first. Tell us the building when you enquire, because some lifts will not take an upright standing up.
Can you move a pool table?
Yes. Slate comes off in sections and goes back in sections. Budget for a proper re-level afterwards, because a table that is out will not play true.
What about a gun safe?
Yes, and there is a compliance step at the other end. In Victoria a storage container under 150 kilograms empty must be fixed down. Bolted to the floor frame or the wall, so it is not easily removable. Moving it means re-anchoring it.
Is the piano insured?
We carry $1M public liability and goods in transit cover. For a rare or high-value instrument, tell us the value at quote stage. Better documented before the day.
Will you take an old piano away?
Yes, as a disposal job. Old uprights are hard to give away and most are not worth restoring. We will say honestly which one yours looks like.

Got a piano to move?

Send photos of the instrument, the doorway and the stairs at both ends. Firm price back the same day, and an honest answer if it cannot be done safely.

Send photos for a price 1300 315 091