Moving Musical Instruments and Sound Equipment in NYC

Musicians know: good quality musical instruments are not cheap! Protect the investment you’ve made in your musical instruments, recording equipment, and other gear by following these best practices during your NYC move:

Use Cases When Moving Instruments

Instrument cases are designed specifically for protecting your instrument, with hard shells and protective padding built in. If a hard-sized instrument case is available to you, make use of it. Your professional moving company may recommend an additional box or other protection, especially for extremely valuable instruments and for long-distance or international moves.

Keep an Eye on the Forecast

Some instruments are extremely sensitive to environmental conditions. Harps and pianos are particularly responsive to changes in temperature and humidity. A great NYC moving company will work with your schedule based on the needs of your instruments.

Avoid Snapping Your Strings

Loosen the tension on guitar, violin, bass, cello and other stringed instruments before you pack them for moving. This is especially important if any of the instruments are going to be flown to your next address: air pressure impacts string tension, increasing the likelihood of breakage.

Strong, Double-Walled Cardboard Boxes for Drums

Each element of a drum set needs to be packed separately. Double walled cardboard moving boxes offer essential protection needed for a successful move: while drums can be very loud, they’re also surprisingly fragile.

Reputation & Experience Matter

You don’t want to trust thousands of dollars in sound equipment to any random guy with a moving truck. Protect your investment by choosing an experienced professional moving company with a reputation for excellence.  Being trustworthy and reliable matters!

Experience is especially important if you have to get your instrument moved by a very specific time in a busy neighborhood. Concert and performance venues often have very limited windows of time during which instruments can be delivered prior to an event and very strict deadlines about what time instruments must be out of the facility. Shleppers has been moving pianos, musical instruments, and sound equipment on and off Broadway and throughout NYC for more than 30 years. Let us know what you need done, and we’ll help you make it happen.