Causes. In ALS, the nerve cells that control the movement of your muscles gradually die, so your muscles progressively weaken and begin to waste away. ALS is inherited in 5 to 10 percent of cases. The other cases appear to occur randomly.
1 The smaller studio uprights usually weigh between 400 and 600 pounds. 2  The monstrous full vertical or large upright piano can weigh as much as half a ton.  A studio piano's center of gravity is also lower than a large upright's, as it is about 4 feet (1.2 m) tall as opposed to a large upright's roughly 5-foot height.
Some services that require additional costs are obtaining insurance on the piano, moving the piano up steps and lifting the piano through a window. Cost Breakdown. 1  Local moves typically cost from $125 to $250 for an upright piano to $600 for a grand or baby grand.2  Long distance moves range from $700 to $2000, but distance and the accessibility of beginning and end locations make this price estimate fluctuate wildly.t 600 pounds, these pianos are heavy and awkward. Moving a piano across a flat surface is deceptively easy; coaxing that piano up a ramp, or even over a single step, is significantly more difficult. Average Cost. Moving an upright piano into a house with a single flight of stairs will run about $250.