Just to support recent comments here about John Wrasse's instrument
moving business, let me add that he moves all kinds of machines, big
pianos and smaller-to-medium-sized instruments.

He carried my just-restored Style 25 Regina upright from Los Angeles
to Cleveland (he also had a small carillon on his truck!), then picked
up my 5'-8" Chickering Ampico and took it to my son's home in Ithaca.
Not only was there no damage to the Regina, but I couldn't have moved
it via commercial carrier at anything close to the price John charged.

Then, when the Chickering arrived at its new home in New York, John
took the time to set it up and get it playing properly.  Maybe that
doesn't sound like much but, when he picked it out of storage in
Cleveland, it hadn't been playing for three years -- and only weakly
before then for the several years prior.  When I heard it six months
later, I was surprised at how good it sounded.

So here's the point that is not to be lost on us collectors:  having
a moving team who really knows about our treasures is priceless.  And,
in John's case, priceless handling and specialized knowledge come at
a more than fair charge.

You can't be in a hurry, though; with one truck going coast to coast
and border to border, you often have to be ready to wait awhile for
both pickup and delivery -- usually a smallish matter in the grand
scheme of such activities.

Rich Marschner