Piano storage
Concert grand storage for performers and venues
Museum-grade climate-controlled conditions, specialist handling and full insurance for the largest and most demanding instruments.
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Museum-grade climate-controlled conditions, specialist handling and full insurance for the largest and most demanding instruments.
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Concert and semi-concert grands rarely go into storage for ordinary reasons. A hall is being refurbished and the instrument needs a home for the season. A performer is between residencies. A conservatoire is rotating its stock or a venue has acquired a piano before the room is ready for it. In each case the people involved know exactly what the instrument is worth, and they expect the storage to match.
That is the standard we work to. A nine-foot concert grand is a serious piece of engineering and a serious financial asset, and it is treated as both. The crews who collect and store it do nothing but pianos, the conditions are held to a museum-grade standard, and everything is documented so a venue, a college or an artist's management can account for the instrument at any point.
Museum-grade conditions
A concert grand spends its working life in regulated halls, so the storage it goes into should not undo that. The whole point of holding temperature and humidity steady is that the soundboard, the action and the tuning stay where a fine instrument needs them, ready to perform after settling rather than needing weeks of remedial work.
Handling the largest cases
A concert grand is dismantled with the same care as any grand, only there is more of it and the margins are smaller. The lid, music desk, legs and lyre come off in order, every part is bagged and protected, and the long case is eased onto a board and carried by hand. There is no improvising with an instrument of this size.
Booking and return
A concert grand is large enough that we like to know the details when you book, so tell us the make and length and any access points such as a stage door or a goods lift. Pricing is clear online, with stairs and difficult access shown before you commit, and there is no fixed term. When the hall reopens or the residency begins, the same specialists rebuild the instrument in place. Storage here is part of the Pianospeed Group, so an institution deals with one accountable provider rather than a chain of contractors.
Simple, transparent pricing
Prices include collection, climate-controlled storage and full insurance. Stairs without a lift and off-day collections are priced transparently in the booking. Re-delivery is quoted when you are ready for the piano back.
Questions
Yes. Full concert and semi-concert grands are handled by crews who work with instruments of that size regularly. The piano is dismantled, the long case is carried on a board, and it is held in museum-grade climate-controlled conditions for as long as the venue or performer needs.
That is one of the most common reasons venues come to us. There is no fixed term and storage is billed in four-weekly cycles, so you cover the months the hall is closed and arrange re-delivery for the week it reopens. The instrument comes back to the same standard it left.
It means temperature and humidity are held steady all year, to the kind of standard a concert instrument is used to in a regulated hall. That stability is what protects the soundboard, keeps the action regulated and stops the tuning drifting, so the piano is ready to perform after it settles rather than needing repair.
Each piano is logged and tracked against your booking, so its location and time in store are documented for a venue, college or management to check. It is fully insured throughout, and if you hold a specialist valuation, tell us when you book so it is on record.
Yes, and it helps to tell us about them when you book. Stage doors, goods lifts and awkward access are exactly what specialist piano crews plan for, and any access that affects the work is priced clearly during booking rather than added on the day.
Across GB mainland and Belfast. Each postcode area has a set collection day, and for an instrument this size we confirm timing and access in advance so a properly equipped crew arrives ready for the job.
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