Steps to be followed before Shipping & Moving a Piano

• While choosing a new house for yourself make sure to record all the dimensions of all doors, stairways and halls, so that you know the place where the piano can be placed after shipping.
• Get quotes from as many as possible shipping and moving companies. Compare the price, experience, insurance coverage and other services provided by your choice shipping & moving company with other companies. Ensure that the company of your choice specializes in moving pianos and huge furniture. As moving a piano is a challenging job, so you need a moving company, which is skilled and well-equipped to handle your piano efficiently. If you want your furniture moving company to handle the piano then it is advisable to ask about their experience and track record especially regarding piano moving.
• Along with this also look at the team assigned to move your piano. Have the employees been on the job for a long time. How many pianos have they moved? Obviously, the more the experience they have the safer will be your piano.
• Prepare your piano for shipping by wrapping it with thick blankets, quilts or other padding. Different types of pianos can be wrapped differently for better safety. Each and every individual detachable part of the piano should be packed in quilts and wraps properly, so that there is no risk of scratch or breakage.
• Ensure to add plenty of padding to protect the upper rim of the grand piano and beware of damage to the dampers.
• Overseas shipping of the piano needs to be done in a container or crate and a piano should not be wrapped until it is completely sealed. Make sure the piano is on the bottom, but do not overload on top of the piano.
• Empty the music books in the box on conventional benches so that bumps do not bang the bottom out.
• For additional level of protection against the elements you can have a custom crate built for your piano.
• Just before the movers arrive, make sure that every possible path is clear and you have thought of the best path to take the piano.
• Before the team of the piano shipping company moves to ship your piano remember to check all the shipment papers, especially the insurance policy of the piano
• When the piano is delivered at your new home by the shipping company, minutely check the piano for any scratch or damage and also see that no part of the piano is missing.
  Planning ahead and preparing your piano for shipment will save both you and the mover's time and efforts. Don't skimp on the preparation, it's as important as the moving itself.
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