Shipping Services
For years, we have shipped museum caliber instruments both nationally and internationally on a regular basis. We use very specialized shippers that we know and trust in order to make sure that these treasured heirlooms are handled only by the most qualified professionals.
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19th Century Piano Moving Company
During the Victorian era, pianos and organs were shipped by the only means available - freight train, riverboat, and horse & buggy. Over the years we have heard countless stories of the family piano being shipped down the Mississippi River by steamboat or hauled across the Arizona desert by horse & buggy. Imagine the elements that these pianos were subject to! These instruments would often spend months on end in the heat and cold being moved at a snails pace from one destination to another before finally reaching their new homes. In our ephemera collection, we see dozens of testimonials from customers talking about how their pianos traveled hundreds of miles by these crude means of transportation, only to arrive safe and sound, and in perfect tune! That alone is a testament
All It Takes Is One Man!
to the quality and durability of these antique instruments.
Old-timers tell us the story of how they used to take a wagon with a piano loaded on the back and venture out into the countryside, only to pretend to have a wheel or axle "about to break" in front of a rural farmhouse. As a favor, the farmer's family would allow the salesman to leave his piano in the home for safe-keeping while the salesmen took the wagon for repair - often over a period of several days. More often than not, the salesman would return to find that the farmer's daughters had taken a liking to the piano while he was gone! Imagine how many pianos were sold this way, all unbeknownst to the farmer and his wife!
Transporting Piano To The Countryside
By the 'teens and 'twenties, pianos were still being shipped from major industrial areas by train, but the introduction of the automobile made home delivery a much easier task. Early trucks were equipped with special piano lifting mechanisms that would allow one man to load a piano at the factory, transport it to the suburbs and countryside, and unload it in the yard to demonstrate to a potential buying customer.
Today, piano moving is somewhat of a science, if not an art to itself. There are a handful of specialized freight companies that move nothing but pianos & organs across country and internationally. These companies have all the necessary experience, equipment, and
Demonstration To A Rural Farming Family
knowledge necessary to make sure that pianos are safely moved from the factory to your home without damage or difficulty. It is amazing how easy they can make it look!
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By utilizing the services of very specialized freight companies we know and trust, we are able to offer long distance nationwide shipping for our vintage pianos and organs at a an approximate cost of about $900.00 each way to and from our shop (In-state moves are less). Shipping prices are subject to change without notice. These shipping professionals are equipped to set the instruments up in your home, and they are licensed and heavily insured. For more information about shipping your piano or organ, please send us an email us at [email protected]
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Below are a couple of examples of the dozens of testimonials we found in our vintage ephemera collection where clients attest to their pianos being transported by wagons and trains over hundreds of miles, only to arrive in perfect tune! This alone will stand as to the testament of the quality and durability of these irreplaceable antique instruments. More of these amazing testimonials can be found by browsing the catalogs in our Online Museum at this link: http://www.antiquepianoshop.com/online-museum
1871 Testimonial For Mathushek Square Grand Piano
