By treating it as a split gift, you can completely shelter the gift with your $14,000 exclusion plus your spouseâs $14,000 exclusion. That way no gift tax is due, and the gift doesn't reduce the $5.43 million lifetime gift tax exemption in effect for 2015 or the estate tax exemption for you or your spouse. If you choose to make a split gift, you must file Form 709, and your spouse must consent to the arrangement.
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.f it a baby grad piano then it will cost more since it will require more men power to move it. Reply. June 15, 2012 at 9:05 am, Washington DC said: Moving a piano can be really tricky if you donât know what exactly you are doing.
A piano can cost anywhere from $3,000 to more than $100,000, depending on the brand, size and the age of the piano. A quality digital piano starts around $2,000. Upright pianos start around $3,000 and grand pianos start around $5,000 for quality used pianos.New piano price ranges are slightly higher.n 2005 one in five pianos shipped to the U.S. from Japan was a used piano. Mostly, they are 20 or 30 year old Yamaha U,G and C models, Kawai KG, and a few Young Chang, Atlas and Diapason models.