Old Colorado City Movers | Checkmate Piano Movers

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

Old Colorado City lines Colorado Avenue on the historic west side, a district of Victorians, brick storefronts, and tight old streets that predate the cars now squeezing down them. The homes near the avenue are old and full of character, with narrow porches, steep front steps, and staircases that turn hard at the landing, and the shop blocks leave little curb to set a truck. Checkmate knows this district, so the side streets off Colorado Avenue with room for a long truck and the historic homes with awkward piano stairs are already mapped, and the crew studies the approach before backing in.

An old west-side home fills up over the years, and many hold an upright that came in long ago and now has to come out down those turning stairs. Our piano crew skids and pads it, lines up the route past the landing, and loads it on our own truck. The rest of the house earns floor protection over the old hardwood, careful covering against the dry air, and the same flat written rate. When the dates don’t align, the load can wait out the gap in our climate-controlled storage. One Checkmate crew, our own trucks, never passed to a subcontractor.

Historic West-Side Homes and Old Colorado City Piano Stairs

The tight streets off Colorado Avenue leave little curb, so we set up where a side block gives room and carry in from there. An upright at the top of a turning Victorian stairwell or a full historic home, the crew maps the route and handles it on a figure locked before moving day.

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Checkmate's crew knows the streets, the grades, and the buildings around Old Colorado City.

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What Old Colorado City Families Tell Checkmate

Margaret K.
Margaret K.
Monument · Google
★★★★★

“We have a concert grand and were moving up to Monument, and the catch was a March cold snap with fresh snow on Monument Hill the morning of. Gideon's crew took the legs and lyre off, skidded the body, and crated it properly, then drove the grade slow and easy. It arrived perfect, and they were honest that I'd want to let it acclimate and get it tuned after the altitude and dry air settled in. You can tell pianos are what they actually do.”

Walter K.
Walter K.
Black Forest · Google
★★★★

“We hauled from Black Forest up to Denver, and the thing I valued was one team the whole way, the guys who packed us in the Springs were also the guys unloading at the new place, never a carrier I hadn't met. Their binding number held to the dollar. One star comes off because the morning of delivery I ended up phoning them for a time window that I'd assumed they would volunteer. Setting that aside, the crew was steady and every box came off intact. Fair value given the miles.”

Deborah V.
Deborah V.
Falcon · Google
★★★★★

“Our 2-bed condo out in Falcon got moved with zero fuss. The crew arrived on schedule, kept things orderly, and were just as mindful at the new unit as the old one. They wrapped the TV and a glass-top table in extra padding, and the price on paper matched what Carla had told me to the cent. No complaints from me, and I'd call them back without thinking twice.”

Russell D.
Russell D.
Woodland Park · Google
★★★★★

“Three-bed move up the pass to Woodland Park in February, so snow and ice on US-24 the entire drive. The crew didn't flinch, kept everything strapped tight on the grade and went slow on the slick driveway. On time, well-organized, and gentle with the house throughout. The flat rate being settled beforehand meant no back-and-forth at the finish, and not a single upsell attempt. Highly recommend them.”

Questions People Ask Checkmate

Can Checkmate get an upright down the turning stairs of an Old Colorado City Victorian?
Yes, and that's precisely why Nathan built a piano crew. We skid and pad the upright, settle the route past the landing and the hard turn before we touch it, then bring it down to our own truck. It's on the written estimate beforehand, $280 to $450 for an upright, so a tough old stairwell leaves the figure unchanged.
The streets off Colorado Avenue are tight and short on parking. Can the truck still reach my home?
Usually, and we look before we commit. Where the historic blocks near Colorado Avenue offer no curb, we set up on a side street with room and shoulder the longer carry rather than box a neighbor in. That access call goes into the plan and the flat figure ahead of the date, not worked out on your porch.
Will you protect the old hardwood floors in an Old Colorado City home?
We will. These west-side homes keep their original floors, so the crew lays runners and corner guards before the first piece moves and pads anything that could mark them. Our own W-2 crew does it, the same people on the piano, so the care holds steady room to room.

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