Matthew For a case, I bought a bright orange tool case from Home Depot. On top I wrote in magic marker: STRINGS. That identifies it from my other two bright orange tool boxes with parts and supplies. I buy strings in one third pound coils with a brake from Schaff. To protect the strings. I made pouches out of naugahide. The pouch is about 6" x 6" with a flap. (I took a 14" x 6" piece of naugadie, and folded it in half and glued the sides to make the pouch 6 x 6. The other 2 " makes the flap. I then put two pieces of Velcro on the ends of the flap and on the outside of pouch, to keep the pouch closed. I also typed the string size on mailing labels, and applied them to each appropriate pouch. As far as tools are concerned, since most of the tools I use for stringing are also used for other repairs, I don't carry them separately in the string box. But I guess there is nothing wrong with doing that. I do, however, have the micrometer in the string box. On the box for the micrometer I have a chart that tells me the appropriate string size for the corresponding string diameter. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 www.Bleespiano.com Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 3:08 pm Subject: [pianotech] Stringing Case Good evening, I am ready to upgrade my current stringing case to something better. The one I have now I purchased at home depot. I carry all the sizes of plain wire and tools in it. I have been unhappy with it since I got it, but has gotten me by. I would love to purchase a well designed case that has been proven as a sufficient case to carry strings and tools. I tried searching the archives, but all the results I got was mostly string leveling. What I would also like to do once I get a suitable case, is purchase a smaller pouch to keep inside the main case. The pouch would contain all tools necessary for bass string replacement. So if duty calls, I can just grab the pouch instead of carrying the big string case inside. I am curious as to what has been all your experiences with the stringing cases you use, and where to purchase them. Thank you much, Matthew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091028/7b85f89a/attachment.htm>
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