Pianos are where this business began, and they still set the tone for the rest of the work. Before he registered Lewis Piano Movers in 2011, Spencer Lewis spent close to ten years on a Wilmington dealer’s floor as its tuner and lead for deliveries, which is why a grand or an upright is treated here as the headline rather than an afterthought. Because Delaware is compact, a single shift can touch all of it: a rowhome near Trolley Square, a Newark unit a short walk from the university, then a parlor up in Greenville where a baby grand has held its spot for a generation. We don’t tack distance onto any of those, since the entire state is our service area.
An hour of our time covers the truck, the equipment, and the prep that happens before we arrive. Each rig is loaded the previous evening with pads, film, hand trucks, and tie-downs, and that’s what keeps a load steady on I-95 or US-13. The people you see are ours, every one screened, paid on a W-2, and wearing the company shirt; nobody is rounded up for a single morning. Frames, dressers, and sectionals come apart at the door and are reassembled inside. An upright that has to descend a narrow staircase goes to the specialists who do exactly that, and it’s quoted apart from your hours so it never inflates them.
What our Delaware crew brings to the day
The lead reads both addresses, runs out floor protection, and wraps the door edges; only then does anyone lift. After that, the season dictates the approach. July humidity, a January freeze, and an offshore nor’easter each change how a load is staged and sheeted, with a piano kept humidity-minded throughout. Wilmington’s older stock turns its stairs back on themselves, the chateau drives off Kennett Pike are long and gated, and a Rehoboth cottage adds salt and sand at the door. Hand us the gate code or the building’s rules at booking and the crew walks straight in.
What the meter doesn’t cover
A few things stay off the clock, named when you book rather than at the curb. Leave the state and the job shifts to long-distance pricing. The truck won’t take propane, fuel cans, opened paint, solvents, or ammunition under federal rule, so they go in your car, as do plants and pets. Put a grand or baby grand on a staircase, send a church organ, or move a loaded gun safe, and each gets its own written line set before the date, so the instrument never quietly eats your hours.
Local pricing
Choose how you’d rather pay. By the meter, with truck and gear in, it’s $140/hr for two, $190/hr for three, $250/hr for four. For a fixed number, we tour the place and write a flat price that doesn’t shift when the Wilmington stretch of I-95 backs up. Flat ranges by size land near a studio $420–$650, one-bedroom $650–$1,050, two-bedroom $1,050–$1,800, three-bedroom $1,800–$3,000, four-bedroom $2,900–$4,600. Add a piano and it sits in its own band, $300–$480 for an upright, $540–$880 for a baby grand. Coverage of $1M sits over the load.
For a figure you can use today, dial (888) 711-4778, or send both addresses and a date by text and a written price comes back.
What Our Delaware Crew Brings
- A rig loaded the prior evening with pads, film, hand trucks, and tie-downs
- Two to four screened, W-2 Lewis people working your job
- Frames, dressers, and sectionals taken apart at the door and rebuilt inside
- Specialists for any upright or grand descending a narrow Wilmington staircase
- Floor protection run out and door edges wrapped before lifting starts
- Either the running meter or a flat price Spencer commits to paper
- Coverage of $1M sitting over the load
What You’ll Pay
Local crews from $140/hr — or a flat written rate
A two-mover Delaware crew, the truck, blankets, and dollies, all in.
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