Liberace's piano: an extraordinary move for G&R Removals.

It’s not every day that a company gets the chance to move something truly extraordinary but when G&R Removals were asked to move one of Liberace’s pianos, Lance Green, the company’s Managing Director, knew he was onto something special.

Liberace was a famous American pianist and vocalist who entertained millions with his music and flamboyant style and, for 20 years in the 1950s, 60s and 70s was claimed to be the highest paid entertainer in the world. 

The piano was collected from a private residence in Cheshire for transport to a London auction room for sale.  In the catalogue it was listed as: 'Liberace' Piano: An upright grand piano in an ornate cream and gilt case, together with a matching duet stool and twenty-four Liberace LPs. The Liberace book, ‘The True Story,’ by Bob Thomas, with a picture of the piano in his house is also included. Formerly the property of Liberace.

“From a moving point of view, the piano luckily can be dismantled,” he said. “Even so it weighs like a grand piano and was quite a challenge to move.”

Lance was convinced that the piano would be bought by someone in the US or China however it has remained in the UK.  “Quite bizarrely it ended up less than ten miles from where we collected it from.  It was bought by a Liberace fan in the Manchester area. He managed to secure the purchase ahead of the Chinese and French buyers who were very keen, but he was very determined! There’s just no accounting for taste is there?”