This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks. It's been an evolution - certainly no one intelligent created my = system! My tool case has been evolving toward the minimalist approach. = Servicing pianos on the cruise ships has really helped me trim my case = down in size and weight. Basically I just carry two tuning levers, my = mutes, lid prop, flashlight, 4-way screwdriver, pliers, crescent wrench, = oh, and my reading glasses. Then a few other odds and ends tools revolve = through there - like I see my key easing pliers are in there now, and if = you dug below my mute bag you would find my upright let-off adjusting = tool. If a client complains of a particular problem with the piano at the time = of scheduling, I will throw the likely needed tool in my case that = morning. I find that the tools in my case are all I need for 90&+ of me service = calls. 98% of the time, my vehicle is right in the driveway, so if I = need a special tool, I just go out and get it. I figure that trip = outside to the car is a threshold for an added charge when invoice prep = time comes. I keep my old Sanderson case (bigger) in the car - it has all my = regulating tools, voicing stuff, and a revolving assortment of other = tools - if I need it, I just carry it in also. I've even got my big-a$$-trunk Lincoln up for sale - again, trying to = scale down the stuff I bring to routine service calls. With so much = going on in my shop these days, I find that when I need a certain tool = unexpectedly on a service call it is often not in my trunk, but in my = shop anyway - so why try to bring the whole shop with me to every = service call. I guess I just figure that if their piano is that screwed = up, I either pop the action out and take it with me back to my shop, or = reschedule for another service call to fix their obviously unusual and = complex piano trouble. Just trying to keep it simple! BTW: Just bought a new Toyota Prius - first tank: 57 mpg - = wahoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! =20 Last Sunday I did a couple service calls - drove about 50 miles and = managed to squeeze 72 mph out of it - the light traffic allowed me to = utilize driving techniques that maximize fuel mileage! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 Ah...I like the simplicity of your service kit... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d3/8d/b7/69/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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