> Can anyone recommend a piano/MM instrument mover that can move
> an instrument from Illinois to California?

We recently acquired a Knabe Ampico, an offer we found in the MMD!
We had to find someone to move it from Virginia to San Diego.  We
searched all over for a good mover and finally found one that was
reliable and good.  His name is Jeffrey Bodway and he's with Sterling
Van Lines, out of North Hollywood, CA, tel: 800-264-6313.

The thing that really impressed me was the way they handled that grand
piano -- wonderful!  They were extremely helpful to us, as we needed to
move another grand out of our living room into a storage area in our
shop and they did it at no cost.  They charged us $990 for the cross-
country move, and the piano never left the truck it was first put on.
(If you'd like the names of the other movers we contacted let us know!)

Diane DeTar

Wayne & Diane, Player Piano Technicians, San Diego, CA
(619) 464-4542
wayne-diane@juno.com