Burrows Moving Company

Burrows Moving Company
Chicago Piano Moving Services

(773) 274-5500

We move over 500 pianos annually!!

Grand Piano Moving Slide Presentation

"...The piano move was a work of art in and of itself..."

Piano moving can be both a science and an art because the task requires special knowlege and skills that normal Household Goods movers, even the most experienced, do not have. This is true because accoustical pianos are extremely heavy (especially the big grand pianos or big, tall, upright pianos which have heavy player mechanisms) and at the same time they are extremely fragile.

To make moving them even more difficult than just being heavy, these instruments are housed in very fine cabinetry.

When they are being moved they have to be relocated from and to a huge variety of settings, some of which are quite difficult themselves. So Piano movers have to use their raw, brute strength coupled with skilled, expert finesse to move them without damages.

As a piano is being relocated it needs to be positioned so that it is not directly over a heat source nor in direct sunlight from a window as these elements will damage the piano over time. Also, it needs to be in the home for about 2 weeks to get acclimated to it before you bring in a tuner. In Chicago and Its nearby suburbs we recommend ....

Piano Tuning, Restoration & Repair Services by Sam Grossner

www.northshorepianoservice.com

Piano Tuning and Repairs since 1980

Estimates Given

The pictures below illustrate both the science and the art of relocating a grand piano into one of the many difficult piano moving situations which our Chicago piano movers have encountered.

Moving a grand piano up a tight stairway
Moving a grand piano like this one requires strength and expertise

In order for a grand piano like the one above (or for that matter, an upright piano) to be relocated unscathed up a staircase, highly-skilled, very experienced piano movers using the right equipment are requried to do the job.

Our piano movers know that the science and the art of moving grand pianos up or down a set of stairs requires the use of one set of piano moving techniques (shown above) while the science and art of moving upright pianos up or down stairs requires another (shown below).

The only way any mover can learn to be a good piano mover (moving both kinds of pianos without injuries or damages) is for him to be trained on the job over a long period of time by other highly experienced piano movers such as these.

Lifting a small upright upstairs

Movers trained like this eventually become so adept at piano moving from their years of experience that each piano moving effort becomes like rote work to them.

Burrows is a piano moving service in Chicago which currently employs 15 of these highly skilled piano movers while another 10 are in various stages of training. A few of our senior piano movers have been providing Chicago piano moving service for over 20 years.

Burrows is a piano moving company in Chicago that specializes in the relocation of pianos of all types. We relocate spinet pianos, console pianos, studio upright pianos, big upright pianos (like the one pictured above), player grand and upright pianos, electronic pianos, small baby grand pianos, large baby grand pianos, large parlor grand pianos (like the one pictured below) and even larger concert grand pianos.

"...the grand finale (of my household goods relocation) was moving an extremely heavy upright piano...
and not a scratch or a dent anywhere...

 

As the best of the piano moving services in Chicago, we are qualified move or hoist just a piano alone for a customer or we can move and / or hoist a piano as a part of a customer's residential move. Whenever piano moving is involved as a part of a residential relocation we always assign some of our most experienced piano movers to the job.

Because of our many years of experience as a Chicago Piano Mover, Burrows Moving Company utilizes highly-developed piano moving techniques that other piano movers in Chicago don't know about so they can't possibly provide the same level of piano moving service as we can. Yet we occasionally encounter a very tight stairway thru which a piano must be carried, so some of the pianos we have moved can be extremely difficult, even for our most experienced piano movers.

We believe that many pianos could not have made it into their current locations if any of the other Chicago Piano Moving Companies had tried to move them. The proof of our contention is that almost every other piano moving company in the Chicago has called upon us at one time or another over those 30+ years to handle a difficult piano move that their own men could not accomplish.

Lifting an upright piano with a strap

"...Another Chicago piano moving company made two unsuccessful attempts to carry my baby grand piano up three flights of stairs...
...I am very grateful to you (for accomplishing my piano move) and glad that I called.
It is an old piano but it has been in my family for a number of years and it is wonderful to see it when I walk into my home..."

When we move a grand piano we first pad it up like a mummy, then secure our special grand piano cover over the padding.
Next, we place the correct sized padded piano skid board onto the long flat side of the piano, remove one side leg
and gently tip it down onto that side (taking care to not break one of the other 2 piano legs, which is easy to do at this point).

 

Then we remove the other 2 legs and the lyre, finish padding the piano
and put it up onto a special four-wheel piano dolly to move it.

See our Grand Piano Moving Presentation Here!

When it comes to upright pianos, we have to move them with little or no padding
(as shown in the picture below) in order to be able to grip them.

moving a large upright around a tight corner

If we moved the upright pianos fully padded then the pads could slip as we're gripping the piano
and we could lose the piano and damage it or injure the men.
This is why piano moving requires highly-skilled and experienced piano movers.

"...they were careful with all the items... including a piano and many breakable things..."

We always move pianos placed up upon our special four-wheel piano dollies, even when we have to hoist them .

Lifiting a large grand piano with a crane

When we have to actually carry the pianos, we use enough people to make this hard job easy. As has been shown in the previous pictures, our men carry pianos very, very carefully up or down stairs and around obstacles as they are encountered. Moving a piano takes great skill especially when a curved stairway is involved, when the headroom over the movers is low, when the stairway is very narrow, or when the steps are steep and / or narrow. Our fine piano moving techniques are part of what makes us the best piano mover in Chicago.

Below is a slide presentation of a grand piano crane hoist that we did recently.

We consider our piano movers to be the best piano movers anywhere (certainly they are the best Chicago piano movers)
and those who have seen us move pianos in tough situations will heartily agree

Walter (first man on the right), as a young piano mover.

Walter Burrows, Burrows Moving Company's founder, learned various piano moving techniques from three different major piano moving companies in Chicago beginning over 40 years ago. When he decided to form Burrows Moving Company he was determined to make it the best Chicago Piano Moving Company. He immediately began training our personnel on the best of all the techniques that he had been taught over the years at each of those companies.

Since then he and the experienced Burrows piano movers have continued to develop new and even better piano moving techniques in order to make this difficult job easier. Today we feel that we are using the best techniques and equipment available anywhere to move our customer's pianos in the easiest and safest ways possible.

We have been recommended by
Coldwell Banker's Concierge Service
since it was started over 6 years ago.

Nearby Communities that we frequently serve: Evanston, Wilmette, Winnetka, Skokie, Park Ridge, Lincolnwood, Glenview, Northbrook, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, Deerfield.

The North Suburban Chicagoland communities most served by Burrows Moving Company:

The West Suburban Chicagoland communities most served by Burrows Moving Company:

Other greater Chicagoland area communities served by Burrows Moving Company:

The surrounding States most served by Burrows Moving Company:

  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin
  • Missouri
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio
  • Burrows Moving Company
  • 6542 N. Clark Street
  • Chicago, linois 60626
  • (773)274-5500
  • fax: (773)274-0353
  • sales@burrowsmoving.com
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  • IL.C.C.41763 MC CR
  • MC 314277
  • USDOT 289923
  • Our commitment to excellence in all aspects of service has resulted in a
  • Zero Complaint Record
  • with the following watch-dog agencies:
  • Illinois Commerce Commission
  • 527 E. Capitol Avenue
  • Springfield, IL 62701
  • (217) 782-6448
  • Fax (217) 782-9244
  • Maintains three-year complaint record on all Illinois movers.
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