Piano and specialty pieces
Diego Marentes has led piano and specialty work here since the early days — uprights, baby grands, safes running 600 to 1,400 pounds, slate-bed pool tables, and the odd oversized armoire or gallery piece. The calls I take most are Catalina Foothills hillside carries; a piano down a steep driveway is a different job than a ground-floor loft.
Specialty pieces don’t fit a plain hourly meter. We quote them flat, based on the item, the floor, the grade, and the driveway or street approach. Cargo coverage rides up to $1,000,000 per shipment, $0.60/lb released-value standard, 9-month claim window, under our Arizona authority.
Tucson specialty flat-rate examples
| Item | Crew | Typical flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| Upright piano — level access | 3 movers | $400 – $600 |
| Upright piano — Foothills grade one end | 3 movers | $600 – $880 |
| Baby grand — legs and lyre off, crated | 3–4 movers | $900 – $1,400 |
| Gun safe 600–900 lbs, level access | 3 movers | $480 – $760 |
| Slate pool table — breakdown and re-level | 3–4 movers | $650 – $1,100 |
The hourly basis is $205/hr for the three-mover specialty crew if a job runs long, but flat-rate is what you’ll sign.
What the foothills carries teach us
A baby grand off a hillside Foothills home needs the legs and lyre off before the first landing, then a slow, tracked carry down the grade to the truck. A 1,200-pound safe on a walkout needs plywood tracks the whole way. When the schedule calls for it, we run the specialty piece on its own day apart from the household load. Bundle it onto the same job as your residential or long-distance move.
Everything folded into your Tucson, AZ flat rate
- Piano board, four-wheel dolly, and custom strapping for uprights and grands
- Baby grand leg, lyre, and pedal disassembly with custom crating
- Safe dolly rated past 1,500 lbs and stair climbers for tight foothills approaches
- Slate-bed pool table breakdown, re-level, and felt check on request
- Floor runners and corner guards through both homes
- Up to $1,000,000 cargo coverage per shipment, full-value option available
So what will it run you?
Two uniformed movers plus the truck run $155/hr on the clock, or lock the meter shut with a signed Southern Arizona flat figure that puts the entire move on one page
Pads, dollies, shrink-wrap and the careful hand-carries a Sam Hughes bungalow or a Catalina Foothills staircase demand are already in the rate, and so is any Certificate of Insurance a downtown high-rise or an Oro Valley HOA needs on file. Want a third mover on the crew? That moves the hourly to $205/hr.
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