Manitou Springs Movers | Checkmate Piano Movers

Licensed, insured piano and home movers serving Manitou Springs and the Pikes Peak region — flat-rate, on time, every job.

Manitou Springs climbs the canyon where US-24 leaves Colorado Springs toward Pikes Peak, and almost nothing about a move here happens on flat ground. The old streets above Manitou Avenue switchback up the hillside, the Victorians and bungalows hide behind short pitched driveways, and the staircases inside are narrow and turn hard at the landing. Nathan spent years on a Springs piano dealer’s delivery floor before he founded Checkmate, and a town shaped like this is precisely why that piano experience matters. An upright wedged at the top of an 1890s stairwell calls for a worked-out route, not raw muscle and hope.

Skidding and padding a console or a baby grand for the carry down those bends is what our piano crew does, and then it rides our own truck back down the canyon. Everything else in the house gets the same attention. Furniture and screens go under cover against the dry mountain air, hardwood gets floor protection, and the steep approach is figured into the plan well before moving day. Your price is one flat figure put in writing in advance, and the Checkmate crew that starts your job is the crew that finishes it. A Manitou move never gets passed to a subcontractor.

Tight Manitou Stairs and the Pikes Peak Grade

A switchback driveway off Manitou Avenue won’t always take the truck close, so we read the grade in advance and set up on firm footing instead of risking a snow-slick apron. Whether it’s an upright at the top of a narrow Victorian stairwell or a whole house behind the springs, we plot the carry, plan the US-24 run, and settle the figure before the date.

Checkmate Movers in Manitou Springs

Checkmate crews local from $130/hr, or settle on one flat written rate

Checkmate's crew knows the streets, the grades, and the buildings around Manitou Springs.

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What Manitou Springs Families Tell Checkmate

Rosalind B.
Rosalind B.
Peregrine · Google
★★★★★

“We were renovating our Peregrine home and needed our baby grand out of the way and stored safely for a couple of months. Checkmate crated it, moved it into a climate-controlled unit, and walked us through why that matters in this dry air so the instrument wouldn't dry out. When the work was done they brought it back and reset it perfectly. The storage figure was written right into the original quote. Excellent service.”

Maxwell T.
Maxwell T.
University Park · Google
★★★★

“Full house near University Park up by UCCS, spinet piano included. The move itself was solid, the crew was careful with the piano and our furniture, and the flat rate was exactly what we agreed on. My one gripe is the morning got off to a slow start, the truck arrived later in the window than I'd hoped and I had to call the office to confirm timing. Once they were rolling they worked hard and finished clean, so four stars and I'd still use them again.”

Patricia H.
Patricia H.
the Broadmoor · Google
★★★★

“We had a baby grand to bring down from the upper level of our Broadmoor place along with a full 2-bed, and Gideon's crew handled the piano beautifully, skid board, straps, the whole routine, not a scratch on the case or the stair rail. Where I'd hold back the fifth star: scheduling was a little loose, they landed closer to the back of the morning window than the front, so we lost an hour standing around. Once they got going the work was first-rate and the written price never moved.”

Gerald T.
Gerald T.
Old Colorado City · Google
★★★★★

“Needed our upright moved from an Old Colorado City rental into a cottage up in Manitou, narrow porch steps on both ends. I called three movers and Checkmate was the only one who talked about a skid board and humidity instead of just 'yeah we can grab that.' Two guys, padded it, walked it down the stoop slow, and tucked it into the new front room. Worth every dollar to know the piano was in real piano hands.”

Questions People Ask Checkmate

Can Checkmate get an upright down the narrow stairs of an old Manitou Springs Victorian?
Yes, and a stairwell like that is part of why Nathan built a piano crew at all. We skid and pad the upright, settle the route through the landing and any hard turn before a hand touches it, then bring it down to our own truck. The instrument is listed on your written estimate in advance, $280 to $450 for an upright, so the curb holds no surprises.
My Manitou driveway is short and steep off US-24. Can your truck still reach the house?
Most of the time, and we judge the grade before we commit. If a steep or icy apron above Manitou Avenue makes the approach risky, we park on level footing and shoulder the longer carry instead of gambling the rig on the slope. That call is written into the plan and the flat figure beforehand, never sprung on you at the door.
Does the dry mountain air around Manitou matter when you move my piano?
It does, and we work with it. The thin, arid air below Pikes Peak is rough on a soundboard, so we keep the piano blanketed and off direct sun during transit and get it indoors quickly at both ends. Tuning isn't ours to do, but careful handling means the instrument shows up in the condition it left in.

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