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Boogie Woogie Comes to Town

In Grand Piano Moves by Chris Bottley

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 …

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By Royal Appointment

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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 …

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The House of Cricket

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We moved a piano today at the so called ‘House of Cricket’. For any cricket enthusiasts, the Bligh family held the ashes trophy here from when they were originally presented to England cricket captain Ivo Bligh in 1882, til his death in 1927 when they were presented to the MCC. The cabinet of treasures and this bit of English history …