Pianos Pickup are heavy and bulky items that can be difficult to remove and dispose of. If you have a piano that you need to get rid of, there are a few things you need to know in order to make the process as smooth as possible.
First, it’s important to understand that pianos are not easy to simply throw away. They are large, heavy items that require special care and attention when it comes to removal and disposal. If you simply put a piano out on the curb, chances are it will not be picked up by your city’s waste management department.
The Process of Piano Removal
Selling a Piano
Before making the decision of disposing a piano, it’s always a good idea to see if you can sell the piano. Potential buyers may come and move a piano for you. Make sure the piano is in good condition to receive a good offer. It’s always a good idea to have a piano technician to tune the piano before putting it up for sale.
To ensure that you have the best chances of selling your piano, follow these steps:
- Clean your piano. A dirty piano won’t look good in pictures.
- Take high-quality pictures of your piano in great lighting. A modern-day cell phone camera is a great way to capture high-quality photos.
- Post your piano for sale on websites, like Craigslist, OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace, etc. Make sure to describe what type of piano it is (e.g. grand piano or a baby grand piano), how old it is, the last time it’s been tuned, etc. Price your piano within a reasonable range to get a decent amount of offers. Post your piano for sale on specific websites used for piano re-selling, such as pianomart.com or Music Exchange.
- Communicate a way for the piano to moved. Offer a lower price if a buyer will come to you to pickup the piano or if they’ll hire a piano mover.
Piano Donation
If your piano cannot be sold, consider putting your piano up for piano donation. Schools, recreation centers, and community centers are perfect examples of places that will accept your piano. The Beethoven Foundation also accept piano donations. Donations will also vary on the condition of your piano, the type of piano, and the size of the piano. Ensure that your piano is in working condition. Organizations will not accept pianos that broken or in non-working condition.
Some of these organizations will offer to haul away your piano safely from your home. This is a great way to save money since you won’t have to hire a professional junk removal service.
Calling a Professional
If you can’t sell or donate your piano, then it’s a good idea to hire a junk removal service for your piano disposal. This is a great option if your piano can’t repaired and/or is unable to be sold or donated. Piano disposal and removal is not an easy task to do yourself. Usually, this task requires piano dismantling, lifting the piano to a pickup truck, and hauling it away.
When calling a professional, ensure that they specialize in piano pickups. At the Junky Boys, our insured junk removal team specializes in piano disposals. If your piano is in working condition, but couldn’t be sold or donated, our eco-friendly team will ensure your piano will donated or properly recycled.
The cost of your piano removal may vary with how heavy the piano is, how many piano movers needed, and what size moving truck will used. A proper junk removal service will using lifting straps to lift the piano from your home, move your upright piano to their truck, and haul it away.
Piano Pickups With The Junky Boys
If you’re looking to have your piano picked up, removed, and/or disposed, contact us. We offer same-day piano removals. Our piano removal team will come to you, dismantle your piano, and haul it away without doing any damage to your home or office.
Our team will do all the heavy work for you. All you have to do is point to where your piano is and we’ll take care of the rest.
When you call or email, we’ll ask for a picture of piano to ensure we bring the right truck and assign the right number of team members for your piano pickup. We’ll give you a free estimate for your piano removal. If you decide to hire our team for your piano disposal, we’ll give you a confirmation call before we arrive.
Book an appointment now or call us at (510)-999-0021.
