need info about Keyboard Carrage and others

[Cy Shuster]

Keyboard Carriage, 270-737-5797
Rick Dawson (rdawson@keyboardtech.com)
Fax: 270-737-6640

They move only from one piano dealer to another.  There must be 18-wheeler access at both ends.  They need a contact name & number at the pickup and delivery dealer, and will need payment by money order or cashier's check at one end or the other (arranged in advance).  They will give you a flat fee quote when you contact them. 

They're based in Kentucky, and generally use it as a hub, like FedEx: one truck is scheduled for pickup and transport to them, and another from Kentucky to your destination.   Mine took just two weeks Minnesota to Virginia; they say to allow a week to 10 days on each end.  I used local movers at both ends to get to and from dealers.  No packaging was required.  In fact, they prefer the fallboard to be unlocked so that it's not damaged at the lip by being compressed with a strap.  They'll get it on and off the truck at each end, usually with some assistance from the dealer (my thanks to Hamilton Music in Rochester, MN for their help, since I'm just a private individual doing the moving).

They did a fine job for me.  Others I haven't used:

Schafer Brothers in California, 800-222-2888 (www.pianomove.com).
Jim Leroy at Cormier Movers, 800-339-1712.
Modern Movers, 800-737-5600, offices in Missouri and Virginia.  It's www.modernpiano.com. 

--Cy Shuster, TSO--
Rochester, MN

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Sent: June 10, 2002 3:00 PM
Subject: need info about Keyboard Carrage and others


> Hi List,
> 
> Just took a call frome someone who needs a piano (M&H BB) moved from Maine to 
> North Carolina.   The mover that came to my mind was Keyboard Carrage, but I 
> couldn't find their number.
> 
> Also, I understand that they move loading dock to loading dock, and do not 
> load and unload the piano.  So where does the moving equipment come from?  
> (do I lease my own equipment to the piano owner, and expect to have it sent 
> back?!)
> 
> Would someone who has used their service let me know how you handled the 
> packaging of the instrument.  And also let me know about other options.  
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Gordon Large, RPT
> Mt. Vernon, Maine