One flat rate, one Piano Moving World crew — nothing gets added once the truck is loaded and rollingLock in your Lyons piano move online in under five minutesStarted by a former piano technician, still run out of Lyons, IL-licensed and insured on every piano we carry
Narrow bungalow staircases, tight basement stairwells, and walk-up condos across Lyons and Cicero, measured and rigged by our own crew before move day.
ScheduleYour Piano’s Move
Describe the piano to Renata Kovac — upright, baby grand, grand, or concert grand — and she quotes a flat rate on that call, in writing, before you hang up
Boards, skids, and ramps get matched to that exact piano and loaded before the truck leaves our Lyons yard
Desmond Okafor or Marco Vitale shows up at the hour you booked to rig it out — no guessing, no general moving crew improvising
4.9 from 24+ Lyons reviews
★★★★★
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Lyons and Berwyn are full of 1920s bungalows and two-flats with narrow, turned staircases that were never built with a piano in mind, and Cicero walk-ups add tight landings and low basement stairwells to the mix. Desmond Okafor’s crew measures every stairwell and turn before move day and rigs the piano on boards and skids built for exactly this kind of climb.
Pre-move stairwell, doorway, and turn measurement
Rigging boards and piano skids for turned staircases
Felt blanket-wrapping on every corner and leg
Basement and walk-up condo experience across Berwyn and Cicero
Piano Type
Flat Rate
Upright / Console Piano
$250-400
Baby Grand Piano
$450-650
Grand Piano
$650-900
Full Concert Grand Piano
$900-1400
Moving within Cook County without stairs to worry about? See local piano moving. Heading to a wedding hall or church instead of a house? Check event and venue moving. And if the piano needs a dry place to sit for a few weeks first, our piano storage is climate-controlled.
Common Questions About This Service
Can your crew really get a piano up a narrow bungalow staircase?▾
Yes. Desmond Okafor trains every crew on rigging boards and skid boards built for the turned, narrow staircases common in Lyons and Berwyn bungalows. We measure the stairwell and doorways before move day so there's no guessing on site.
Is there an extra charge if the piano has to come down a stairwell?▾
No. The flat rate is set by piano type, not by how many flights or turns are involved, and it covers the standard staircases and basement stairwells you'll find across Lyons, Berwyn, and Cicero.
What if my basement stairwell looks too tight for a grand piano?▾
Send Renata Kovac a few photos or measurements before you book. She confirms access and sizes the crew to the stairwell so the truck isn't scheduled until we know the piano will fit through.
Do you serve walk-up buildings in Berwyn and Cicero?▾
Yes, along with Lyons, La Grange, Brookfield, Riverside, and Summit. Walk-up condos and low basement stairwells are routine jobs for our crew, not a special case.
Eli Sorensen looks over every piano himself — over the phone, on a video call, or from photos you text in — before Renata Kovac puts a flat number on the written quote, priced to that exact upright, grand, or concert grand, not a generic moving estimate.
Every Rigger Draws a Piano Moving World Paycheck
Desmond Okafor trains every new hire on the boards and skids himself, and all six of our full-time riggers stay on payroll year-round — nobody’s a day-labor hire meeting your piano for the first time on move day.
The Paperwork Is Ready Before You Ask For It
Renata Kovac keeps our Illinois ICC household goods permit current for jobs that start and end in-state, plus the federal US DOT/MC authority that covers any run crossing into Wisconsin, Indiana, or Missouri — ask for the certificate of insurance and the $1M cargo figure is already printed on it.
Built Around a Cook County Calendar, Not a Generic One
When a spring flood watch rises along the Des Plaines River, we move a piano out before the water does, and once a lake-effect squall backs up the Stevenson Expressway, we build extra time into the truck’s route instead of risking a late arrival.
The Hard Parts Are Priced Before We Show Up
A turned 1920s bungalow staircase off Center Avenue, a low basement stairwell in Berwyn or Cicero, the extra miles out to La Grange or Summit — all of it gets built into the flat rate before you sign, so the invoice doesn’t grow once the truck is in your driveway.
Every One of Our 5 Trucks Rolls Out Rigged for Pianos
Boards, skids, ramps, and moving blankets sized for an upright through a full concert grand ride on every truck before it leaves the yard, so nobody’s improvising with a mattress dolly borrowed from a general move.
Book Before the Spring Recital Season Fills the Calendar
Lock in your Lyons move date online now — Cook County’s spring recital and graduation weeks fill first every year, right alongside the church and school moves Eli prices at a discount.
Rescheduling Never Adds a Dollar
A freeze warning moves your basement move-out date, or a venue’s load-in time shifts a week — either way, moving your date ahead of time doesn’t change the flat rate Renata already wrote down.
Real Piano-Type Pricing, Not a Generic Moving Calculator
Every figure traces back to an actual piano Eli or Renata has priced by type around Lyons before, with church, school, and repeat-customer discounts already folded into the total before you sign.
Riggers we hired and trained ourselves, never day labor off an app
The right number of riggers and the right boards and skids for your piano, every time
A flat rate by piano type in writing before your move day begins
Book your date online in under five minutes
A two-hour arrival window on every job, no exceptions
No fuel, stair, or mileage surcharge anywhere in Cook County
Boards, skids, ramps, and padded blankets already on the truck, never a line-item charge
No extra fee for a turned bungalow staircase or a tight Berwyn walk-up
Illinois ICC-registered piano movers, $1M cargo coverage on file
Real Reviews From Similar Jobs
Read them as they were posted — Cook County piano owners talking about their own move day, no editing on our end.
★★★★★
Desmond walked our turned staircase twice before the piano ever left the wall — every corner had a plan, and the baby grand came down without a mark on the newel post.
Harriet VossLa Grange · Google
★★★★★
Booked the Milwaukee run on a Tuesday and Marco’s crew had our grand loaded, driven, and set back on its legs by Thursday afternoon — same crew the whole way, no handoff.
Owen BradacRiverside · Google
★★★★★
Fourth-floor walk-up, no elevator, and they still had the upright wrapped and down the stairwell in under an hour without touching a wall.
Selena MarchettiBrookfield · Google
★★★★★
They crated the piano the week before a January move so the cold never touched it — humidity padding, corner guards, all of it done before the truck ever showed up.
Trent IwuchukwuBerwyn · Google
★★★★★
Our venue only had a two-hour load-in window before the ceremony and the piano was tuned-ready on stage with twenty minutes to spare.
