Most common
Upright pianos
Spinets through to full uprights. The common one, and the one where stairs and doorway width decide the crew size more than the weight does.
Pianos & heavy items
SwiftMove moves upright pianos, grand pianos, pool tables and other heavy or delicate items by prior assessment. Tell us exactly what the item is and show us the complete access route at both properties.
Stairs, tight turns and the item's dimensions can change the crew, equipment and price needed for the job. We would much rather assess it from photos first than turn up with the wrong gear.

Photos of the item, its dimensions and approximate weight if known, plus the stairs, landings, doors and the route between the parking position and the item. Identify an upright, grand or pianola accurately; their handling differs.
A photo or video is often enough to begin the assessment, but it is not automatic confirmation that the move can be accepted. Work may be declined where the load or access cannot be handled safely by the available team and equipment.
Lifting straps, protective coverings, securing straps, trolleys and moving dollies travel with the crew. We carry out agreed furniture and grand-piano disassembly and reassembly where suitable for the booking.
We do not provide or arrange crane lifting. Piano tuning is not included. We can disassemble and reassemble suitable pool tables, but precision levelling of the playing surface is a separate specialist service we do not provide or supply.
Stairs, tight turns and long carries change the crew, the equipment and sometimes the hourly rate. Mention them and send photos when you book, so the rate is agreed before the day rather than revised on it.
Heavy items are scheduled with the right gear already on the truck rather than squeezed onto the end of another job. That's why we ask about anything over 100kg at booking.
Most common
Spinets through to full uprights. The common one, and the one where stairs and doorway width decide the crew size more than the weight does.
Prepared, protected and secured for the route, with agreed disassembly and reassembly at the other end. Allow more time at both addresses than an upright.
Suitable slate billiard tables disassembled and reassembled, jacuzzis, gun safes and workshop gear, each assessed individually.
A piano or other heavy item may require an individually assessed price rather than the standard hourly arrangement for a general household move. Stairs can also increase the hourly rate. We assess the item and access, then agree the scope and price before booking.

A piano discovered on the morning of the move is a different job to a piano that was on the booking. Two movers and a standard load-out become three movers, skates and an extra hour, and that is the conversation nobody wants to have in a driveway with a truck already half loaded.
So we ask about anything over 100kg when you book, and we'd rather you over-disclosed. A jacuzzi you assumed we'd know about, a safe in a wardrobe, a treadmill upstairs — mention all of it.
Disclosed up front, it is assessed, quoted and scheduled. If the actual item or access differs from what was described, additional work must be discussed first.
Get my free quoteDuring a larger move from Auchenflower to the central Gold Coast, two SwiftMove specialists delivered a grand piano up a narrow staircase to the third floor. Read the complete moving story to see the context. That individual result is not a promise that the same crew size will suit another instrument or staircase.
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Read moreA piano or other heavy item may be priced individually rather than at the standard hourly arrangement for a general household move, and stairs can also increase the hourly rate. We assess the item and access from your photos, then agree the scope and price before booking. If the actual item or access differs from what was described, additional work is discussed first.
Yes, by prior assessment. The instrument is prepared, protected and secured for the route, with agreed disassembly and reassembly at the other end. It takes longer at both addresses than an upright, so tell us it's a grand when you book and send photos of both access routes.
Often, after assessment, and it is the most common reason a job gets a third mover and a different rate. Tell us how many steps there are at each end, whether there is a turn or a landing, and how wide the stairwell is. If access is unsafe or the required handling is outside our capability, we may decline the work. We do not provide or arrange crane lifting.
Almost certainly. Any piano that has been moved should be tuned once it has settled into the new room, usually a couple of weeks later, because it needs time to adjust to a different humidity and temperature. Piano tuning is not included and should be arranged separately.
Yes, suitable tables are disassembled and reassembled by arrangement. Precision levelling of the playing surface is a separate specialist service: SwiftMove does not provide it or supply the levelling specialist, so book that in advance if the table gets used.
Because it changes the crew size, the equipment we load onto the truck that morning and sometimes the price. Disclosing it up front is what lets us agree all three before the day. Turning up to a job that needs skates without skates helps nobody.
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Describe the item, the stairs and the doorways in the quote form, with photos, and we'll come back with an assessment, the right crew and a price to agree before booking.