- (267) 367-6610
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- 916 Clinton St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
When a building has been cited, vacated, or scheduled for demolition, the piano inside is usually the heaviest thing left and the hardest thing to get out. We have spent 15 years pulling uprights and grands out of stairwells, rowhouse hallways, and buildings with no working elevator. Tell us the address and what the notice says, and we will tell you what the move actually takes.
Every condemned-building move starts with the building, not the piano.
Homeowners report that piano moving quotes increase significantly when stairs are involved, causing real budget concerns, so we walk the route first and price what is actually there.
Here is the order we work in so nothing gets damaged and nothing gets delayed.
Uprights are the most common piano we pull out of condemned and vacated buildings.
They are heavy, top-loaded, and unforgiving on stairs, so we plan the route and the tilt before we lift.
Short-notice scheduling is normal for this work and we try to accommodate it.
A grand is a different animal: legs come off, the lid and lyre are handled separately, and the case has to be supported properly the whole way.
Long distance moves, including grands coming into the area from out of state, get scheduled as a dedicated run.
When a piano will not clear a stairwell turn or the building has no usable interior route, a crane or rigging through a window or roof opening may be the only option.
We assess that on site and tell you honestly whether it is needed.
Find out more about our crane and roof access work if you think your building may need it.
Our building had a repair order posted and we had a narrow window to get the upright out.
The crew knew exactly which paperwork the inspector wanted to see and handled it without us chasing anything down.
I did not have to explain the situation twice.
I called on a Saturday morning after we got the vacate notice and honestly expected voicemail.
Someone picked up, asked me three useful questions about the stairwell, and had a quote to me that afternoon.
That responsiveness is the whole reason we booked them.
What I noticed was how they padded the stair treads and the door frame before anything moved.
The piano came out without a scratch and the woodwork looked untouched.
You can tell they have done this in old houses before.
After they got my mother’s grand out of the old house, I gave their number to two neighbors on the same block who were facing the same situation.
Both used them and both were happy.
That is the best I can say about a mover.
We do not pretend every condemned-building job is simple.
Some are ground-floor pulls that take an hour, and some are third-floor walk-ups where the piano barely clears the banister.
What 15 years of craftsmanship gives you is a crew that has already seen the awkward version of your building, knows what equipment it needs, and prices it honestly.
You get a walked estimate, written insurance terms, and a crew that treats your instrument and your building with the same care.
Skip the form. Call now for a free on-site quote from a real estimator. We answer the phone.
CALL (267) 367-6610A condemned or vacated building is not a normal move, and it should not be priced like one.
We have spent 15 years working in Philadelphia, where a lot of housing stock is old, narrow, and built before anyone thought about moving a piano out of it.
Most of our condemned-building work starts the same way: a homeowner gets a notice, or a settlement date, and needs an upright piano out on short notice.
Homeowners often describe the same fear we hear on almost every one of these jobs, that the instrument or the stair treads get chewed up on the way out.
We plan the route before we touch the piano: door widths, turns, tread depth, whether the case has to come off, and whether a crane or special equipment is the only honest answer.
If you are also dealing with a fire-damaged or water-damaged property, see how we handle pianos in damaged buildings before you schedule.
We are fully insured, and we will show you what that coverage actually means before you sign anything. The same crew handles Piano moving for piano moving with full liability waiver for marble floors when the job lines up that way.
Our crews work across these 46 ZIP codes.
