nursing home blues (slightly OT)

[John Ross]

I bought one of these Petzl, Zipka headlights.
http://www.petzl.com/petzl/LampesProduits?MotRecherche=Quick+Search&pays=0&Langue=en&Gamme=0&Critere=32&Produit=258&ProduitAssocie=
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@comcast.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: nursing home blues (slightly OT)


>
> On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 08:21  PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
> >
> >> If I'm asked back I'll have to be more specific about my needs...and
> >> about the definition of the word "available".
> >>
> >> Tom Sivak
> >
> > They don't have a clue. The most common questions I get are "Do you
> > have enough light"
>
> And the answer, today at least, is: "No." It's raining heavily and the
> skies are pretty darn dark. And the only illumination for that half of
> the room is the piano lamp which gets put on the floor as we open up
> the piano.
> Other than urging the owner to scrounge up a floor lamp, or pulling a
> lame clip on utility lamp out of the car, I'm wondering what the rest
> of you do.
> Fifteen or more years ago Paul Rattigan of Norwell, MA put together a
> halogen lamp product -- clip on and with a base, special carrying case
> -- and marketed it to piano technicians. After about a year of
> insignificant sales he gave up on the side venture, and returned his
> full attention to working on pianos.
> Product recommendations anyone?
> Patrick Draine
>
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