Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant Moving Company is a moving and storage company, and this listing covers its presence in Hyde Park. The company handles local moves, long-distance moves across the country, office moves and smaller single-item jobs across town, carried out by highly trained movers it calls Giants. It also helps customers pack or unpack moves of any size and offers full-service, secure, climate-controlled storage.

Larry O’Toole founded Gentle Giant in 1980 in Somerville, and the company has grown into a network of locations across the country. It is known for an unusual part of its hiring tradition, in which prospective movers run the stairs at Harvard Stadium. The company’s own tagline sums up its range of work: across the street or across the Bay, from sea to shining sea.

What to Know

• Dedicated piano experts handle only piano moves.
• Customers can request a moving estimate online.
• The company says its many locations help keep drive-time costs low.
• The business is listed by Hyde Park Main Streets.