Expert Piano Relocation

Initial Assessment & Bespoke Quote

We start with a detailed consultation to understand your piano, your locations, and any access challenges. This allows us to create a fully customised plan — no guesswork, no surprises.

Professional Preparation & Protection

We meticulously cover your piano with high quality heavy duty covers, specifically designed for your piano size, whether that's an upright or grand piano. 

Depending on your instrument, we may also use specialist equipment such as custom made reinforced piano transport shoes that allow us to navigate and control movement with precision. 

Specialist Handling & Loading

Using purpose-built equipment like piano shoes, trolleys, straps, ramps, and cranes, our trained team carefully manoeuvres and secures your piano, even in tight or complex spaces.

Safe, Secure Transport

Your piano is secured in a dedicated vehicle equipped for smooth travel and optional climate control. We drive with care and precision, tracking progress from start to finish.

Reassembly & Final Placement

At the destination, we reinstall any removed components and place the piano exactly where you want it with careful handling and clear communication to ensure you are fully satisfied with our service before our crew depart. 

We primarily serve London and the South East of England for single piano moves, handling collections within these areas and delivering globally. However, we can offer national and global service for clients with regular contracts. For more extensive undertakings, such as concert tours or global manufacturing contracts, our services expand to encompass collections and deliveries worldwide.

• London
• Kent
• Sussex
• Surrey
• Buckinghamshire
• Hertfordshire
• Bedfordshire
• Oxfordshire
• Berkshire
• Northamptonshire

Piano Logistics for Film & TV

When the BBC began filming the period drama Mapp and Lucia in Rye, they required multiple grand piano moves between local piano technicians and sets including Lamb House – a historic National Trust property. The piano movement needed to be discreet, damage-free, and highly flexible to accommodate unpredictable filming schedules. Access was especially complex due to the cobbled streets and fragile nature of the site.

Solution: A dedicated project manager was appointed as a single point of contact for the BBC team, ensuring clear communication and responsive coordination. Expert piano technicians handled each move, using protective materials, ramps, and piano-specific gear such as “piano shoes” and custom straps. Air ride suspension vehicles were employed to provide shock-free transport. The team also laid temporary pathways across grass to protect the grounds of Lamb House. With schedule changes happening often, the logistics team remained agile throughout, adapting on short notice to avoid disruption to filming.

The BBC required our team to remain on-site across multiple days for repositioning and set-up. In a fun and unexpected twist, some of our crew were even dressed in period costume and cast as extras for a scene involving piano movement, ensuring authenticity on screen and safety on set.

A Century in Motion – Relocating the Rye Wurlitzer

The project centered around a remarkable piece of musical history: a 100-year-old Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Originally installed in the Palace Cinema, Tottenham, the organ was first relocated by Bournes in the 1950s to Rye Grammar School, where it was positioned on the hall’s balcony. Over 50 years later, Bournes was again entrusted to move it - this time from the balcony to a more accessible and prominent home on the stage at Rye College.

While the initial relocation supported performance use, the Wurlitzer has since become a cherished feature in its own right. It now anchors regular public performances and has inspired the creation of a dedicated academy teaching young musicians to master this iconic instrument.

Solution

The move drew on both history and ingenuity. The original 1950s relocation required transporting the instrument across two vehicles, then lifting it 15 feet up to the balcony using a manually built ramp of boxes and planks. At the time, the crew worked without modern lifting equipment, relying on experience and careful planning.

When asked to reverse the process five decades later, the team assessed the options and returned to those original principles. With the access points still unsuitable for machinery, they again used a carefully prepared ramp and manual handling to lower the 250–300 kg console to the floor before lifting it onto the stage. The move was a rare fusion of heritage techniques and modern-day care, with the same dedication to safety and respect for the instrument’s legacy.

• 100-Year-Old Instrument
• 2 Generations of Movers
• 1 Cherished Community Treasure