Bears Moving Co. is a licensed piano moving company (GA HHG #9320) that moves standard upright and spinet pianos — consoles, studio uprights, full-size and antique uprights, player pianos, and digital pianos. We do not move baby grand or grand pianos.
Every instrument gets double-blanket wrapping, a four-wheel piano dolly, full floor protection, and cargo and liability insurance — quoted as one flat rate based on the piano, the stairs and access, and the mileage, with no per-stair or elevator fees.
Most moving companies will tell you they move pianos. What they usually mean is they will roll one onto a truck and hope. A piano that gets dropped, scraped, or twisted at the wrong angle can lose its tuning, crack a soundboard, or end up structurally totaled — and the average upright weighs 400 to 800 pounds, with tall antique uprights and player pianos pushing past 900.
Bears Moving Co. treats pianos as a scoped specialty job. Before we book, we ask for the instrument type, its age, the destination address, every doorway it has to pass through, every stair-rise involved, and the parking at both ends. That conversation drives crew size, dolly type, and equipment — it is not improvised on move day.
Spinets, consoles, studio uprights, and full-size uprights ride upright on a four-wheel piano dolly, wrapped in double-thickness blankets with corner protection and strap control on every incline and stair flight. Player pianos, antique uprights, and digital pianos are all in scope too.
Uprights and spinets are what our crews, dollies, and trucks are built for, and it's what we do every week. Baby grands, parlor grands, and concert grands need leg-and-lyre disassembly and skid-board handling from a dedicated grand-piano specialist — that's not a service we offer, and we'd rather tell you now than on move day.
Truck, fuel, and mileage between your two addresses, all inside the flat rate. Four-wheel piano dollies, ramps, straps, double-thickness blankets, shrink wrap, corner protectors, floor runners, and door-jamb protection. Route measurement before the instrument moves, and reassembly and leveling at the destination.
Full cargo and liability insurance under GA HHG #9320, with a building-specific Certificate of Insurance within 24 hours of request. What is never included: per-stair fees, per-flight fees, long-carry fees, elevator fees, or travel surcharges inside our service area.
Piano moving is flat-rate work at Bears Moving Co. — never hourly, no two-hour minimum, no clock running while the crew wraps and carries. You approve one price before move day and it holds even if the job runs long. Three factors build that price.
The piano. Spinets, consoles, and digital pianos are the lightest and simplest instruments we move. Studio and full-size uprights weigh more and need a larger crew. Antique uprights and player pianos are the heaviest — often past 900 pounds — with the most fragile casework, so they price highest.
Stairs and access. We price the number of stair flights and the rise of each, turns and landings the instrument has to pivot through, doorway and hallway widths, thresholds and porch steps, elevator size and reservation windows, and the carry distance from the door to the truck. Level, ground-floor access on both ends is the lowest price; a walk-up with tight turns is the highest.
Mileage. The driving distance between your pickup and delivery addresses is priced into the flat rate, with no travel surcharge inside our service area. Tell us the instrument, the stairs at both ends, and the two addresses, and we can quote the whole move over the phone.
Any piano that changes rooms — let alone buildings — needs time to settle. Give the instrument 2 to 4 weeks in its new space so the soundboard and strings acclimate to that room's humidity and temperature, then book the tuning. Tuning the same week usually means paying for it twice.
Call us: (404) 514-4814 · Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm · Licensed GA HHG #9320 · BBB A+
Piano moves are quoted as a flat rate rather than by the hour. The price is built from three things: the piano itself (spinet, console, studio or full-size upright, antique or player piano, or digital), the stair flights and access at both ends, and the mileage between addresses. You get that number before move day and it does not change if the job runs long.
Adding a piano to a household move keeps it on the same crew, quoted as its own flat piano fee. We do not move baby grands or grands.
Yes, regularly — uprights, consoles, and spinets. Crew size scales with the instrument weight and stair count. For heavy antique uprights, player pianos, or four-plus flights we use a larger crew and stair-climbing equipment. There is no per-stair or per-flight surcharge.
No. Bears Moving Co. moves standard upright and spinet pianos only — consoles, studio uprights, full-size and antique uprights, player pianos, and digital pianos. Baby grands, parlor grands, and concert grands require leg-and-lyre disassembly and skid-board handling that we do not offer, so we refer those moves to a specialty grand-piano mover.
Yes. Every piano move is covered under our full cargo and liability insurance (GA HHG #9320). For high-value antique and vintage uprights we offer supplemental Full Value Protection, explained before you sign.
Lock the keyboard lid if it has a key, close and latch other lids, and clear a path from the instrument to the door. Don't try to shift it yourself even an inch — pianos are top-heavy and tip dangerously. We bring every dolly, strap, blanket, and runner the job needs.
We move pianos in 57 cities and every neighborhood inside our 50-mile service radius, with no travel surcharge inside that zone. Pick your city below for local access details and what drives the flat rate there.