The Heavy, Awkward, Irreplaceable Stuff
A piano, a gun safe, a slate pool table, a marble-top dresser passed down three generations, these aren’t furniture, and they don’t belong on a standard dolly with a standard crew. Spartan Moving and Storage runs a trained specialty team for exactly these pieces, and in a city of staircases and hillsides, that experience earns its keep.
From an Over-the-Rhine walk-up to a Mason colonial, Greater Cincinnati moving crew writes the whole job as one flat number up front and holds it — no extra lines once the truck is loaded.
Pianos, Up the Stairs or Down the Hill
Tyrone Webb leads our piano and specialty crew. Uprights and grands both, we use proper piano boards, skids, and straps, remove a grand’s legs and lyre when the doorway demands it, and bring enough hands for the weight. Getting a baby grand out of a second-floor Hyde Park bedroom or up the steep approach to a Mt. Adams home is the kind of thing this crew does without drama.
Specialty Pieces We Handle
Beyond pianos, the specialty team moves the items most crews would rather not touch.
- Gun safes, including heavy units down a full basement or out of one
- Slate pool tables, broken down and reassembled level
- Large shop and exercise equipment
- Statuary, large mirrors, and marble or glass tops in custom-built crates
- Fine art and antiques wrapped and crated individually
Built for Cincinnati Access
The hard part is rarely the piece itself, it’s getting it through an 1800s row-house stairwell, around a tight landing, or up a retaining-wall lot in Price Hill in the middle of winter. We scout the path first, pad the corners and banisters, and lay floor runners against the salt and slush. We’re a licensed Ohio mover with our own equipment and trained crew, never day labor for jobs this delicate.
Clear, Honest Pricing
Specialty handling is quoted as a plain add-on to your move, set by the piece, its weight, and the access. No mystery surcharge. Putting $90 down holds the date and is credited to the final bill, and your goods carry our standard $0.60 per pound coverage with full-value protection available.
Get It Quoted
Tell us what you’ve got and where it has to go, stairs, hills, and all. Get my free moving quote and we’ll send the specialty crew.
What’s included
- Trained piano crew with proper boards, skids, and straps for uprights and grands
- Stair and hillside plan for getting a piano up an OTR row house or down a Mt. Adams grade
- Gun safes, slate pool tables, and heavy shop equipment moved by the same specialty team
- Custom crating for marble tops, large mirrors, statuary, and fine art
- Furniture pads, corner protection, and floor runners against winter salt and slush
- Specialty handling priced as a clear add-on, no vague surcharges on the bill
How we land on the price
We open with a short walkthrough or video survey, then set one flat Greater Cincinnati rate off your actual inventory — no hourly meter buried anywhere inside it. Whatever that quote reads is the whole price, with nothing tacked on once the truck is loaded or a winter storm pushes the date.