I used a different piano moving company to move my Schimmel from the West Coast to the East, and it was a good experience, my piano come through with only the smallest of scratches, not even worth the trouble of having it painted over as it was on the underside side of the keys and the piano only required a tuning after the moving. I was very happy with that company, however the next year when I was offered another job back on the West Coast that particular could not come to pick up my piano on my given time frame, I was comforted by the fact that Modern Piano moving had been in busy for several years with good reviews and had superior ratings on both the Better Business Bureau and Angie’s List. Their quote more expensive than the previous company, but they could pick up the piano by the time I need. I took out full replacement value insurance on my Schimmel was picked up by Modern Piano through them as well. I had a long lesson with my teacher an international concert pianist himself the day before my Schimmel was picked up and it was in excellent voice everything was as it should be, not a note was out of sorts. It had been recently seen my Schimmel trained German Tech who had done the tuning on it and had it perfectly to Schimmel’s spec. I felt very confident in my choice of Modern Piano when they came the next day, a Sunday, August 25th, 2019. The two men where professional and polite arriving within their time estimate, and wrapped my piano up well. The head guy of the moving time inspected my piano with a flashlight, only noted the small scratch I had previously mentioned in this letter. Lifting its lid to inspect the pristine keys and slow fall system for the lid. I had no concerns. However the trouble started about two weeks later when Modern Piano called up and wanted to charge me an extra 200 dollars and change for renting a U-Haul truck as they claimed their larger truck could not fit into the driveway of my new house in Washington State, I had to explain to them that they had been given both addresses at the time of the quote, and looked on Google maps at both addresses and that they had been paid their fee and that it was their error if upon reflection that they required a smaller truck then it was their fault not mine. The person I spoke with Misty grumbling agreed that the set fee had already been paid and they could not tack on further charges. The people who dropped off my piano in Washington State were gruff and unprofessional. They were much later in their estimate of 9 pm; it was well past 10pm if not closer to 11pm on the 21st of September when arrived with my piano, they spent less then five minutes unloading my piano. I had hardly had an opportunity to unwrap my piano, which did not come wrapped in the same manner in which it left Virginia; only a single shipping blanket covered it. It was very late that night so I went to bed. The next morning I found my piano had massive scratches and strap marks all along with the case, on its high gloss black finish. The ones near the pedals went down to the wood. There were dozens of scratches on the underside of the lid like it had been scratched by a cat or cleaned with steel wool. And when played terrible sound the piano made was not simply due to being out tune from the move. I have played this piano through multiple moved within a state and of course my 1st cross country move. I immediately sent pictures of the damage done by the movers to Modern Piano. Mr. Christopher Ash of the Claims department of Modern Piano dismissed my serious concerns over the dreadful tone of the piano as simply being tuned, which from my training with my teacher and experience of the my Schimmel was not the case and said that they would only offer 300 dollars towards the refinishing of my top quality hand made in German piano. I was informed by the store, Classic Pianos, I bought my piano from and their recommended re finisher that the materials needed could not be purchased for $300 and Mr. Promet’s estimate was at least 2,000 dollars from the pictures I showed him and that he could not be certain it would not be more without looking at the piano in person. The person that Modern Piano tried to send out to repaint my piano was completely unprofessional on the phone never once inquired whether my piano was an art case or high gloss black piano. And wanted to paint it at my residence, which I was informed by Mr. Promet the recommended professional to restore my piano that was unprofessional not only to the risk of paint going everywhere but that it needed to be in a well-ventilated area as the polyurethane coating of the high gloss finish needed to cure for several days. I had by Schimmel tuned by a registered Piano tech recommended by Classic pianos and it did not improve the severe issues terrible sound when this piano brand is used by concert pianists all around the world and is known for its excellence in design. I had a noted concert tech Mr. Melekh come out to look at my piano and he found the bar that moves the mute pedal had been completely bent out of shape, and he was able to bend it back in place, but I mentioned to him that I was having trouble with my hands, diagnosed as tendonitis. Which had never trouble me in the slightest even when I had two-hour lessons on my piano. He noted that key dip, i.e. the distance the key travels down before the hammer strikes the strings, was very odd. And said I should get another person out to check that out as it was a multiple hour thing to fix and he did not have time in his schedule nor time left in the appointment after fixing the mute bar. I made an appointment in December with another tech had registered piano tech out who is recommended by Classic Pianos for a January 10th appointment during this time I could not play my Schimmel as it caused me such pain in my hands I was advised not to play unless I wanted to cause permanent damage to my hands That piano tech Mr. Mayfield found that the key dip on my Schimmel was 14mm when Schimmel spec is between 8mm-10mm depending on the preference of the pianist and that it was no wonder it was causing tendonitis on my hands trying to play complex and long pieces like Sonatas by Beethoven or an Impromptu by Schubert with such a massive key dip. It was explained to me that a key dip of 14 mm only occurs if the piano has been dropped and or something collided with it at high speeds as this is a solid instrument it after all traveled from Germany originally that if handled carefully even a very long move such as across the country or across the Atlantic ocean would not trouble it. Mr. Mayfield tuned the piano again after the work done on the 10th of January 2020. It has a strange buzzing sound which it has never had before, which indicative of other damage. The question was raised that perhaps there was damage to another area of the piano since something happened to it while it was in transit and Modern Piano concealed this from me saying nothing had happened to my piano in the transit process. I am having another piano tech, Heather Fandrich, who is highly experienced in repairing and building pianos come out next Tuesday the 18th of February to evaluate my piano again. In the meantime, I will have to have my lawyer call back Russ at Modern Piano so this matter can be settled as it has been going for far too long several months since I noticed the troubled the day after it arrived in late September 2019.