Piano, Gun Safe and Specialty Moving in Lapeer County

Uprights, grands, gun safes, and oversized antiques moved on boards and stair ramps by a crew that does it often.

A piano is not just heavy, it is heavy in a way that punishes any crew that improvises. For an upright, we rig a piano board with straps. With a baby grand, the legs come off and the piano rides on its side. A gun safe makes a refrigerator feel light, and a marble-top antique cracks if it is set down wrong. These are the jobs we get called on after a general crew takes one look and bows out.

Specialty work opens at $359, with the figure set by the piece, the stairs, and the access at both ends. We arrive with piano boards, stair ramps, padding, and enough hands that nobody muscles a load alone. Travis takes the walkthrough himself when the piece is unusual, and a $125 deposit holds the date and credits to the total. A fair share of these calls come from the farmhouses out toward Metamora, where a grand stands beside century-old antiques.

The Gear a Piano Demands

Stairs are where pianos come to grief, so we ramp them rather than fight them step by step, and every corner and the key cover get padded before the instrument leaves the room. A grand loses its legs and pedal lyre, each wrapped and crated apart so nothing splits in transit. With a safe, we read the floor and the path first, since the wrong angle through a doorway turns a heavy job into a damaged one. In winter we salt the walk before a wheel hits the porch.

Heirlooms and Estate Pieces

The same care carries over to the heirloom sideboard, the stone console, and the armoire that will not clear a modern doorframe without coming apart. Out in the Thumb farmland, an estate job often pairs a piano with a houseful of antiques, and we treat both as things you cannot order another of. Cargo protection runs up to $1,000,000 per shipment, released value $0.60 per pound.

What You Get

  • Piano boards, straps, and stair ramps for grands, consoles, and uprights alike
  • Grands lifted off legs and pedal lyre, each part wrapped and crated separately
  • Before it leaves the room, we pad the keys, corners, and every finished surface
  • Gun safe and oversized-antique work with the floor and path read first
  • Specialty moves from $359, priced to the piece, the stairs, and the access
  • Up to $1,000,000 cargo protection per shipment, higher valuation available

What Will It Run?

Local crews from $135/hr — or one flat written rate

A pair of movers, the truck, blankets & dollies — everything included.

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What Lapeer Folks Tell Us

Megan R.
Lapeer · Google
★★★★★

“We moved off Nepessing Street in the middle of an ice storm and I was sure the day would be a disaster. Travis's crew salted and laid down mats on the lot stairs before they touched a single box, and the truck was already loaded from the night before so they were unloading by noon. The $135/hr held exactly to what Kyle quoted me. Honestly the calmest move I've ever had.”

Brett K.
Imlay City · Google
★★★★★

“Hired Pronto for our jump from Imlay City to a place off M-24. They quoted a flat band and that number never moved, even when we added a couple wardrobe boxes last minute. Marcus and the guys ran I-69 like they'd done it a hundred times and beat the afternoon traffic into Lapeer.”

Allison T.
Lake Orion · Yelp
★★★★

“Our cottage on the lake has a brutal set of stairs down to the water side and I worried about the bedroom furniture. The crew padded everything and took the turns slow. Took about an hour longer than estimated because of the grade, but they'd warned me that might happen up front, so no complaints there. Fair price for the work.”

Service Questions

Can your crew get a grand piano down a flight of stairs?
Yes. On a grand, we remove the legs and pedal lyre, wrap each piece separately, and move it on a piano board over stair ramps instead of hand-carrying it step by step. The padding goes on the keys and corners before it ever leaves the room, and on an icy day we salt and ramp the porch first.
Do you move gun safes along with pianos?
We do. A loaded safe can outweigh a fridge, so we read the floor and the doorway path first, bring the right dollies and the right number of hands, and plan the angle through each pinch point before the lift. It is the same deliberate method we use on instruments.
How much should I expect to pay for a piano or specialty move?
Specialty moves open at $359, with the final number set by the piece, the count of stairs, and the access at each end. We confirm it in writing after a walkthrough, and a $125 deposit holds your date and comes off the total when the job is done.
Can you move antiques out of an older farmhouse?
Yes, and we do it regularly out toward Metamora and across the Thumb farmland, where an estate job often mixes a piano with heirloom furniture. Stone tops, armoires, and fragile case pieces get wrapped, padded, and taken apart where needed so they ride safe the whole way.

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