Piano Removals & Storage

Most damage to a stored piano is not caused by knocks. It is caused by swings in humidity. The soundboard is solid timber under constant load: it absorbs moisture and swells in a Sydney summer, gives it up and shrinks in a dry winter, and repeated cycling is what cracks soundboards and opens glue joints. Pianos are happiest somewhere near 20°C and 45–55% relative humidity, held steady.

That is the problem with an ordinary self-storage unit. A metal shed on a slab is exactly the wrong environment: summer temperatures well above ambient, damp wicking up from the concrete, and no humidity control at all. Strings and tuning pins rust, the case dries and splits, and moths get into the felt — hammers and dampers are wool, and moth damage means a re-felt, not a clean.

Stored properly, a piano sits upright on its own castors, raised off the concrete, away from external walls and out of direct sun, wrapped in a breathable cover rather than plastic. Plastic sheeting is a common mistake — it traps condensation against the case and does more harm than leaving the piano uncovered.

Getting the piano in and out is still a piano removal, with all the same risks. Factors such as internal and external steps, staircase width and turns, hallway and doorframe widths, tight corners and driveway access all shape our plan. We ask for detailed access information at both addresses before the day.

AFFORD Piano Removals is located in Sydney Inner West and we serve Sydney, Sydney Suburbs, Central Coast, Sutherland, Wollongong, Northern Beaches, Southern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs, North Shore, North Sydney and even interstate. Wherever you are going, your piano is in safe hands!

Removal and storage are arranged as one job with one point of contact, so nobody has to coordinate a removalist against a storage facility, and the piano is never handed between crews who have not seen it before.

We have years of experience moving pianos from all sorts of locations, safely, securely and without damaging your piano, your property or ourselves. Expert planning and execution are the keys to success.

Pianos are heavy — the smallest weighs over 200 kg and the largest can be over 410 kg — so moving any type of piano needs planning and, above all, expertise. When moving your piano there are three things to avoid at all costs: damage to the piano, damage to your property and injury to anyone.

Storage adds a fourth: damage you cannot see happening. A piano can come out of the wrong unit looking untouched and be badly out of tune, rusted or moth-eaten inside.

Our piano removalists are experts at negotiating the tightest corners and know how to deal with any and every type of staircase, at both ends of the storage period.

AFFORD Piano Removals is one of the experienced piano removalists in Sydney. We assess your piano removal and storage needs in advance of the removals day and our teams are fully-equipped with a comprehensive selection of specialist heavy-duty tools for even the most difficult access.

Your piano is wrapped, transported, stored and returned using equipment designed for the job, so it comes back in the condition it went in, and you get complete peace of mind for however long it is away.