I’m Dale Lawrence. Some pieces in a Panhandle home you don’t get a second shot at: a console piano in a downtown Martinsburg parlor, a loaded gun safe bolted into a foothill basement, an antique armoire that’s been in the family for generations. Those land with my son Travis, who heads up the specialty crew and has handled this exact kind of piece in Panhandle homes for years.
From a historic downtown Martinsburg Victorian to a farmhouse out on a gravel lane, Lawrence & Family Movers writes the whole job as one flat number up front and holds it — no surprise lines once the truck is loaded.
Heavy and irreplaceable, planned not improvised
We bring piano boards, skid plates, ratchet straps and stair-climbing dollies, and we plan the route before anyone lifts: the long gravel lane, the tight Victorian doorway, the half-turn at the bottom of the basement stairs. The hardest carries are the ones we walk first. Getting an upright down steep original stairs in town, or a heavy safe up a country basement turn, is a planned sequence, not brute force.
Not just pianos
Uprights, consoles and baby grands are the regulars, but Travis’s crew also moves loaded gun safes, home-gym racks, antique armoires, marble-top tables, oversized mirrors and crated art. Anything heavy, awkward or one-of-a-kind goes on the specialty board.
What a specialty move runs
Each piece is priced on its own, flat, and signed off before we lift. The tiers here apply to any regular moving that happens around the specialty work.
| Item / crew | Hourly basis | Sample specialty flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2 men + truck | $135/hr | Upright piano, ground floor to ground floor: about $415 flat |
| 3 men + truck | $185/hr | Console piano down Victorian stairs + long lane: about $880 flat |
- Boards, straps, skids and stair-climbing dollies on every specialty job
- Released value $0.60 per pound standard, full-value protection optional
- Up to $1,000,000 cargo coverage per shipment
Tell me the piece and the stairs and we’ll quote it flat. Get my free moving quote and Travis will plan the carry.
What You Get
- Travis Lawrence's specialty crew with piano boards, skid plates, straps and a stair-climbing dolly
- Uprights, baby grands and console pianos wrapped, strapped and walked down narrow stairs safely
- Loaded gun safes and home-gym racks moved off basement floors and out of foothill homes
- Antiques, marble tops and oversized framed art crated and padded for the move
- Long gravel-lane and tight Victorian-doorway routes planned before the piece is touched
- Specialty handling written into a binding flat rate, no per-step or per-stair surprise
What Will It Run?
Put two of our crew and a truck on it at $135/hr, or lock one flat written number up front
Blankets, dollies and shrink-wrap all ride in the rate; step up to a three-mover crew and truck at $185/hr.
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