Move piano

What must the removal company know about the piano?

According to Bohag 2010, you should provide the information you understand or should understand is important for the move. This includes particularly heavy, bulky or large items like pianos, large cupboards and billiard tables, as well as accessibility and whether there is a lift that can handle the load at both ends. If you do not provide the information, you may have to pay for damage to your belongings yourself.

Source: Bohag 2010: General moving terms for consumers (pdf, published by Cityflytt). Bohag 2010 point 4.

Is a grand piano included in the moving assignment?

Not if you have not agreed on it. Bohag 2010 excludes motor beds, grand pianos, billiard tables and other abnormally heavy or bulky items from the assignment, unless otherwise agreed. Write the grand piano in the quote request and make sure it is in the booking.

Source: Bohag 2010: General moving terms for consumers (pdf, published by Cityflytt). Bohag 2010 point 2.

What does it cost to move a piano?

There is no fixed price to go by. The price depends on the carrying route, stairs, distance and whether the piano is moved alone or with the rest of the household goods, so ask for a quote from several companies. The work gives RUT tax deduction: Skatteverket counts moving a piano and other heavy items in the household goods as RUT work. The deduction is 50 percent of the labour cost and is deducted directly from the invoice. The removal van and fuel give no deduction.

Source: Skatteverket: List of RUT services.

What a removal company costs on average, with a calculator for the quote after RUT tax deduction, is on the page what does a removal company cost.

Move a piano in seven steps

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   Step 1: Write down what it is: piano or grand piano, brand and model, and the carrying route at both ends with stairs, lift, doors and the distance to the car. our advice

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   Step 2: Ask for a quote and say that the piano is included. According to Bohag 2010, you should inform the removal company about particularly heavy items like pianos. A grand piano is only included if you agree on it.

   § Bohag 2010, General moving terms for consumers (industry agreement), checked 3 October 2026

   Email: Request for offer for piano move To: Transfer company

   The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.

   Ämne: Offertförfrågan: pianoflytt [flyttdatum] Hej. Jag vill ha en offert på att flytta ett piano. Instrument: [piano eller flygel, märke och modell] Datum: [flyttdatum] Från: [gamla adressen], [våning och hiss] Till: [nya adressen], [våning och hiss] Bärväg: [trappor, hiss, dörrar och avstånd till bilen] Resten av bohaget: [pianot flyttas ensamt / pianot ingår i en hel flytt] Jag vill att offerten visar: 1. Arbetskostnaden för sig, skild från bil och drivmedel. 2. Om ni är godkända för F-skatt. 3. Om ni följer Bohag 2010 och att pianot ingår i uppdraget. 4. Vilken ansvarsförsäkring ni har. 5. Hur många som bär och vilken utrustning ni använder. Vänliga hälsningar [ditt namn] [telefon]

   • According to Bohag 2010 point 4, you should inform the removal company about particularly heavy items such as a piano, and about accessibility and lift at both ends.
   • A grand piano is only included in the assignment if you agree on it (Bohag 2010 point 2).
   • Moving a piano and other heavy things in the household goods gives a RUT tax deduction on the labour cost (Skatteverket, List of RUT work). The company must be approved for F-tax (67 chap. 16 § income tax law).

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   Step 3: Check that the quote shows the labour cost separately. It is the one that gives the RUT tax deduction.

   § 67 kap. 13 § 1 och 7 inkomstskattelag (1999:1229), checked 3 October 2026

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   Step 4: Is the piano worth more than half a price base amount: write it down in the list of valuable items with an estimated market value.

   Document: List of valuable and fragile objects To: Transfer company

   The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.

   Ämne: Förteckning över värdefulla och ömtåliga föremål, flytt [flyttdatum] Förteckning över värdefulla och ömtåliga föremål Till: [flyttfirmans namn] Offert eller bokning: [offertnummer] Flyttdatum: [flyttdatum] Från: [gamla adressen] Till: [nya adressen] Föremål, beskrivning och skick, uppskattat marknadsvärde, packas av: 1. [föremål], [beskrivning och skick], [värde] kr, [jag / ni] 2. [föremål], [beskrivning och skick], [värde] kr, [jag / ni] 3. [föremål], [beskrivning och skick], [värde] kr, [jag / ni] Det här kör jag själv och ska inte ingå i flyttlasset: [till exempel smycken, pengar, gasolflaska, färg, krukväxter, akvariefiskar] Jag ber er kontrollera föremålen mot förteckningen när uppdraget börjar och när det är klart. [ort], [datum] ______________________ [ditt namn] [telefon]

   • Bohag 2010 point 4: the consumer should in their own interest make a list of particularly valuable or fragile items, such as paintings and antiques, with an estimated market value for each item.
   • Particularly valuable is an item that can be assumed to be worth more than half a price base amount. Fragile are glass, porcelain, crystal, older items and electronics (Bohag 2010 point 4).
   • If you have made an inventory, the company should check it when the assignment begins and when it is completed. If you have packed yourself, the check only applies to what is visible (Bohag 2010 point 3).
   • Money, securities, jewellery, flammable substances, living animals and plants are not included in the assignment unless you have agreed on it (Bohag 2010 point 2). Write them down under what you drive yourself (our advice).

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   Step 5: Measure doors and stairwells and clear the path before the removal company arrives. our advice

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   Step 6: Look at the piano when it is in place and photograph any damage straight away. Make a complaint to the removal company within a reasonable time.

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   Step 7: Book tuning when the piano has stood for a while in the new room. our advice

Template for a quote request

Fill in the carrying route and what kind of instrument it is, so the company can give a price that holds.

Who pays if the piano is damaged?

The removal company is responsible according to Bohag 2010 for the entire assignment and must compensate for damage to the household goods, if it does not show that the damage is due to something outside its control that it could not reasonably have anticipated. The compensation is limited to 20 price base amounts per household and does not apply to sentimental value. An item that can be assumed to be worth more than half a price base amount is considered particularly valuable; write down the piano in an inventory with the market value. If you discover damage, you should complain to the company within a reasonable time, and preferably take photos.

Source: Bohag 2010: General moving terms for consumers (pdf, published by Cityflytt), Konsumentverket (the Swedish Consumer Agency): Problem with removal company. Bohag 2010 point 1, 4, 12 and 16.

How you complain and when you can go to ARN (the National Board for Consumer Disputes) is stated in the guide on damage and complaint.

Does the piano need tuning after the move?

Expect that. Our advice is to let the piano stand in the new room for a while before you book tuning, so that it can get used to the temperature and humidity there. Tuning is not included in the removal assignment.

Removal companies in your town

We have not reviewed companies specifically for piano moving. The removal companies we have checked are per city. Ask in the offer if they have moved a piano before and how they carry it.

• Stockholm
• Gothenburg
• Malmö
• Uppsala
• Linköping
• Västerås
• Örebro
• Helsingborg
• Jönköping
• Norrköping
• Umeå
• Lund
• Gothenburg
• Eskilstuna
• Halmstad
• Gävle
• Sundsvall
• Karlstad
• Växjö
• Kalmar
• Karlskrona
• Gotland
• Falun
• Nyköping

Rules behind

Industry terms and RUT tax deduction summarised, with link to source.