For one night only: Mr Jools Holland OBE We had the pleasure of moving the Kent Pianos: “Play with the Stars” Yamaha G2 White Grand piano for Mr Jools Holland OBE. Jools Holland attended a retirement service for Reverend Edward Wright of St Georges Church in Wrotham, Kent, the same church where Jools married his wife, Christabel, in 2005. Our …
Secret film set
Kent Piano Movers were lucky enough to be called out to an undisclosed film set for top secret piano moving duties. If you recognise this hall in anything you watch soon, let us know!
By Royal Appointment
King George IV’s piano at the Royal Brighton Pavilion for a Channel 4 documentary Kent Piano Movers were appointed to move King George IV’s piano to and from the Brighton Pavilion Palace for a Channel 4 documentary called Royal Antiques Revived, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell. The Broadwood grand piano was delivered to King George IV at the Royal Pavilion …
Christmas done “They said it couldn’t be done” style
At Kent Piano Movers we always like to take on a Challenge; our Christmas Party was no different. We went to the Lord Wargrave in London, recommended by YouTube sensation Kate Ovens. We ordered the meat platter which is supposed to be for 2-3 people, and the challenge was on! With a platter each and a countdown of “Three, Two, ‘They …
A Royal Appointment – London was Calling
Today we were lucky enough to be chosen to move a piano for the coveted and world famous Beefeaters of the Tower of London. After we had completed the vigorous security checks we were allowed inside The Tower and collected the piano from the officers quarters. To be a Beefeater, or ‘Yeoman Warder’ you have to have served at least …
Steingraeber, world’s leading piano manufacturer
We moved a fantastic Steingraeber from room to room in Tunbridge Wells. I had the pleasure of meeting the Steingraeber family at a piano conference in Germany last year their pianos are truly one of the best in the world. Good to see the Kent Piano Moving team still able to dead lift this 950lb monster piano on to the …
Bosendorfer M200 (Strauss Edition)
Today we relocated a piano I have been waiting to move for some time a £130,000 Bosendorfer Grand Piano the rare Strauss limited edition, it was an absolute beauty. The weather conditions were not great a cold icy day and the piano had to go across the top of a roof into its new Home, it was a tricky move …
An impossible move at a Cornish cliff top
‘They Said it Couldn’t Be Done’ The intrepid trio take on yet another job that no one else would even give a quote for. Today we set off to Cornwall to do the impossible. A client contacted Kent Piano Movers asking if we would move a piano across a cliff top and take it down the side of the cliff …
Rain and steps with tight corners
It had to rain… Today our excited customer was receiving his as-new Yamaha U1. This was a tricky move, but we had our Kent Piano Movers team on the case. Our van had to be parked in the middle of the road, and we had to move it a number of occasions to let the traffic past. The weather just …
The Ludwig: our largest piano move
Today we moved a beautiful Ludwig piano it was one of the largest Piano Kent pianos has moved.
Up and up and up
Challenge accepted The Intrepid Trio were out again in the beautiful countryside of Kent. We had previously done a site visit for a client who needed a piano taken upstairs. With a low stairwell ceiling and a tight turn this job was not as straight forward as it seemed. Our client told us that no one else would take on …
Tight-rope disposal: a grand piano from a window
Today we were in Kent where we had a grand piano disposal. That was originally put into the building it was in with a crane. Low ceilings, beams and a tight staircase meant that the piano was never coming out the front door. With the Kent Piano Movers equipment, we soon rigged up a secure ramp to get this 100-year-old …