Jeff Bodine Piano Moving and Piano Service Co

Perfect! Jeff was super responsive to my request for a quote for the service and was able to squeeze me into his schedule in order to move our piano. Not only did Jeff move the piano, but went the extra mile and actually took the piano components outside and cleaned them out before reassembling the piano in its new location. Top it off, he gave a short concert before leaving!

Not great. I told Mr. Bodine clearly in advance the journey was 60 miles and the number of steps required to ascend/descend for both houses for the movement of the piano. We agreed upon a price in advance of their arrival. Not only was he hours late in arriving to pick up the piano, he didn't communicate well or very professionally. I suspect he may have overindulged the night before... When he did arrive he was crass and made inappropriate jokes around my family at the starting location. He took his leaf blower to the inside of the piano as expected. When he arrived at the new house he and his helper made it sound like they had no idea it would be such a long journey to get there. After delivering the piano into the room and payment was brought up, Mr. Bodine had his helper talk about payment and tried guilting me into paying more than the price we agreed upon over the phone as Mr. Bodine mysteriously slinked away. I gave them an extra $20 for a tip on top of the amount we originally planned on paying and he was not pleased. Needless to say, the whole experience wasn't great, BUT earned a passing grade because the piano did arrive safely as expected.

Jeff Bodine Piano Moving did a great job. I was very nervous as I hadn’t seen a lot of reviews but he was able to work with my schedule so I hired him. He and another man took great care with my high gloss mohogany baby grand Kawai piano. They took the piano apart and blew all of the dust out outside before putting it back together. He played it after putting it back together and it sounded great. Very relieved that the job is done and was done so well. I will hire him again and would recommend him to anyone.

Jeff Bodine's was not the least expensive estimate I received for this work, but he had the earliest availability (he could move it the very next day, while other companies would be 1-2 weeks out) and even through texts it was clear he had extensive expertise around pianos. The estimate also included blowing the dust out of the piano and inspecting it before and after the move, which no other company offered. I purchased a piano from Craigslist, sight unseen. He was punctual and ready to go when I arrived at the seller's house. He pointed out some cosmetic and minor mechanical imperfections about the piano, played a song so I could hear the sound quality, and let me decide if I was still interested in buying it before they began the move (I was). The move itself went quickly and Jeff and his wife took great care with my new-to-me piano, being extra cautious around the doorframes of each house and ensuring it was wrapped and securely fastened in the truck. When they reached my house, they blew out the dust and wiped it down, tightened the legs of the piano bench, and adjusted the pedals so they would perform better. I'm pretty sure no other piano mover would take those extra steps. They also confirmed that it was a good piano that had been well cared for by the previous owners and pointed out some of the inner workings that made it unique and improved the sound quality (I had done some research before choosing it, but I appreciated the reassurance that I chose well). Jeff and his wife's passion for pianos was evident throughout, they were personable, knowledgeable, and the move was painless. They were flexible and worked around my schedule (I had an afternoon commitment, which they accommodated by completing the move in the morning), and in all the move took about two hours. Being able to rest assured that my piano was in good hands was well worth the cost, and I have already recommended Jeff to friends.

Excellent. Knowledgeable, friendly, punctual, very reasonable. Couldn’t ask for more.

The actual move went great. He and his partner knew what they were doing. The cleaning was also very nice. It wasn’t the lowest price I was quoted but the guy seemed more in need of work than other companies and I’m all for helping a small business out. Jeff wasn’t very professional in our communication and was pretty late but didn’t let me know he would be late until the time had already passed when he was supposed to arrive. The real low grade on professionalism was given because I told him right away how far the distance was (55miles) but when he and his partner finished the delivery, his partner tried to guilt me into paying more than was quoted. Saying “it took them all day” to get it here. Not impressed, especially because they weee late and both houses were one level—nothing extremely complicated. Jeff was nice but a little rough around the edges.

Very friendly, punctual and professional. Vacuumed out the entire piano. And even played a song

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Went very smoothly

Jeff was very helpful. It was easy to schedule the appointment. They showed up right on time, moved the piano quickly and carefully, and returned a couple weeks later to move the piano back. He was flexible, as I had to change the date once due to other related arrangements. I would definitely use them again.

The move went smoothly. The piano now resides in its new home-clean and happy. We would definitely recommend Jeff to anyone who needed piano moving.

Jeff moved a used piano that we bought on craigslist. He was incredibly accommodating as we worked to coordinate our schedules and the buyers and his own. He gave the piano a quick run-through for us to make sure that it was worth buying (and moving) and wowed us with his knowledge of the instrument and the specific brand. When they arrived at our house, they moved it in w/out damaging anything - including our newly refinished floors. They moved it into place (down to the half-inch) walked through what they saw with it (re sound board, tuning pins, etc.) and gave us some guidance on what to do re: next steps and what the piece would sell for as-is, repaired or rebuilt. He also referred us to a piano tech to have give it tuned and worked over. We were both incredibly impressed with Jeff and his partner. If this ever has to be moved again, Jeff is the only person we'll bother to call!

I had an unbelievably horrible experience with Jeff Bodine's piano services. When Jeff arrived with the piano on Tuesday, he seemed very pleasant, but within minutes he became sour, snide and rude. FAILED TO FULFILL AGREEMENT: Once the piano was in the house, he immediately wanted to place it in the living room, in a location that blocked the entrance to the dining room. I reminded him that the piano was going to be placed in the basement and that the piano couldn't go there anyway because it blocked the entryway. In response, he rolled his eyes and made multiple rude comments in a sarcastic tone, including "well that's a surprise to me" and "I don't work miracles." Jeff acted as though we never spoke on Sunday and made it very clear that he felt I was inconveniencing him. Once he moved the piano into the kitchen towards the basement entrance, he began measuring the dimensions of the piano and basement stairway. At that time, my boyfriend asked to speak with me outside of the house (so he could discuss Jeff's behavior towards me). Before I stepped out, I asked Jeff to be careful with the leg on the piano because it was only glued on. He said, "I don't care about that because if anything happens to it, I know it's not on me." His comment was so careless and rude, that I didn' t know what to say and just left to speak with my boyfriend. My boyfriend and I were gone not 3 minutes before I heard the piano being played. I went back inside the house and saw the piano back in the living room where I'd specifically said it could not go. I explained this to Jeff and instead of apologizing or offering to move it, he said "I've been doing this for 35 years and I'm the best there is, I know what I'm doing!" I explained that I wasn't trying to undermine him but simply wanted the piano in the basement if it would fit per our agreement. Jeff never even tried. UNPROFESSIONAL, UNHELPFUL, and RUDE: Dropping that subject, I then asked Jeff if he could replace a piece of wood that had fallen out of the piano when it was brought into the house. Refusing, he said, "you can do whatever you want, it's your piano." I asked him if he would at least show me where the wood fell from, and again he refused. Fortunately, his moving partner was kind enough to show me and I replaced it myself. I then asked them to move the piano into the dining room. They did, but Jeff wanted to place it in front of the heating/cooling vent. I told him the piano could not block the vent and again he snidely insisted to me that "it doesn't matter!" He further insisted that the vent was a return air vent and that it didn't matter if the piano blocked it. I explained that the vent was, in fact, not a return air vent, and that regardless I didn't want the vent blocked. Despite the fact that I - as the customer - made my preference clear, Jeff continued to argue about this with me. At that point, I told Jeff that all day I had so much been looking forward to getting the piano that night and that I was really disappointed in my experience so far. By saying that, I felt I was giving Jeff an opportunity to change his behavior, but instead he rudely said "I don't care, you can say whatever you want to say about it." OFFENSIVE, ARROGANT and INCITES PHYSICAL ALTERCATION: Rather fed up with his comments, I then asked Jeff how much I owed him for moving the piano. He crossed his arms and in a patronistic tone said, "well, it's up to you, the ball's in your court now." I told him that, after what happened today, I would not be using his tuning services, contrary to what we had discussed on Sunday. At that moment, he really lost it, he leaned into me, waved his arms and said "I don't care! I'm on Angie's List! And I don't need people like you!" While I'm not sure what he meant by "people like you," I am a small (asian) person, and before he did that, yelling and trying to physically intimidate me, I was prepared to pay him nearly his full price, but at that point I had had enough. My boyfriend and I asked him to leave the house, step outside and wait for us to bring him his check. But, unbelievably, Jeff refused! He stood there with his arms crossed, yelling and swearing, insulting my boyfriend and refusing to leave. It literally took a threat to call the police before Jeff finally walked out the door. But when he did, he PUSHED my boyfriend and tried to incite a fight, taunting my boyfriend and saying that he [Jeff] is on Angie's List and "who are you?! What do you do?! What do you have?!" Then, just when I thought Jeff was finally walking away, he turned to me and pleaded, "just give me $100, just pay me $100." It was as if he knew he'd made a mistake and deserved nothing because of it, but was begging me to just pay him something. I was so shook-up by what had just happened, and in such disbelief in all of it, that I told him to wait by his truck and I would send out the check with my boyfriend. My boyfriend and I closed the door and decided we would pay him $50. While Jeff did move the piano for us, he was so outrageously rude, offensive, abusive, and unprofessional towards us, and IN OUR OWN HOME no less, that I felt he deserved absolutely nothing. My boyfriend then brought Jeff the check, laid it on the ground near his moving truck to avoid further physical contact, and asked him to leave. Jeff picked up the check, shouted about the payment we'd given him and continued to make a scene outside our home (for all of our neighbors to see and hear). He left only after our repeated requests that he leave or we would call the police. WILL NEVER AGAIN USE BODINES PIANOS: I was so incredibly upset by what had happened and in such disbelief by all of it. This was my very first piano purchase, and I had been waiting to buy one ever since I left for college and moved out of my parents' home 14 years ago. This was such an exciting moment for me, and Jeff Bodine almost ruined it. (I played the piano (a used Kranich and Bach) that night, enjoyed it despite all that had happened, and decided it works just fine in my dining room, rather than the basement.) To his credit, Jeff did call me the following morning to apologize, but an apology does not excuse such outrageously unprofessional, rude behavior, especially from someone who claims to be the "best there is." Words cannot express how appalled I am by Jeff's behavior, the "service" he provided, how embarassed I am by what my neighbors witnessed, and how upset I am about the entire experience. I plan to play piano for many years to come, but I will never use Jeff Bodine's piano services ever again.

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I like them. I called them at the last moment and they were able to do the work. I would use them in the future.

Nice friendly people. They even played a Star Wars theme song on it for our young Jeddi.

They brought all the equipment, several guys to help move all the pieces,, very carefully took the piano apart, packed it in a truck and took it to its new location, reasssembled it . Plays beautifuply

I called a number of movers, Jeff offered this extra that others didn't: piano dusting. I knew it was relatively unused, so I wanted a clean piano in my home, it arrived relatively dust free. They were very careful, covering it during the light rain we had that night. The two other men helped and put it together very well, just a few minor scratches. He tested it out for me and recommended tuning and another fix. Overall, I am very satisfied with his work!

He was fantastic. Once the piano was moved, they tuned it for us without even asking.

I would strongly support this vendor. Only one small consideration I would recommend is that you put down your own floor protection as they did not bring drop cloths or anything.

Jeff responded quickly to a request for our piano move. He was able to accommodate my request within a day of calling. He was friendly, respectful of my house and did a few extra things I hadn't expected: He took piano outside and blew out years of accumulated dust from inside and also fixed a piano bench leg that had been wobbly for years.

I was shocked when he came to do the project by himself, but he had so much experience and knowledge about the baby grand piano. He easily disassembled and rolled it out to the garage with no problem, one man. He also accommodated our schedule and happened to be better in pricing than others. He was very personable and also played us a little concert after reassembling the piano.

It took several phone calls to get arranged which was frustrating. Mover showed up alone one hour late and expected me to help move piano out of one home into the other because he didn't have someone to help him. A piece got broken in the move; it took almost three weeks and 4 phone calls to get the piece repaired and returned. I did appreciate blowing out the piano on the front lawn and the "free concerts." Jeff is a great jazz pianist.