[pianotech] tool cases

[David Ilvedson]

http://www.toolkitpeople.com/catalog/detail.asp?cid=5&item=33074&ssid=B6BDD500AAE34299A54B5705B23A2198

This gives you flexibility...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 4/15/2010 8:05:35 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] tool cases


>Well, I agree with Gerald. My primary bag is mostly for tuning. But I used
>to carry a Duluth with a TON of stuff in it. Got way too heavy to lug
>around. Wheels would have helped, and I'm lazy too ... but I like lighter
>weight now. Don't mind walking out to the car. I figure if they called for
>tuning, that's what I come for. Anything else involves a trip to the car,
>which understandably implies an extra fee.

>I still have the Duluth, which has most any tool (or glue) I'll need besides
>tuning stuff. Except I have mini-kits for repinning, hammer shank
>replacement, etc. (big thanks to Isaac Sadigursky!! Take his classes at
>conventions!). I should send pix of the Duluth bag -- it's amazing how much
>that will hold when organized to the max. Perhaps I'll do that later.

>The primary bag came from Sam's Club, and is designed for a laptop. All my
>basic tuning tools are in a smaller bag inside it: tuning lever, strip
>mutes, felt wedge mutes, ear plugs, a combo handle, and a thin-shank action
>screwdriver (to check action screws in verticals to see if they need
>tightened). In the main compartment is an Accufork, hygrometer, Pierce
>atlas, RPT invoice book, and pens. Also inside are various technical
>bulletins, DamppChaser brochures, a copy of Joe Garret's labor guide (and
>Newton's), other various RPT promotional brochures, a Reyburn CyberHammer,
>and an adjustable wrench (for bench nuts, but can also be used for adjusting
>pedal nuts). Other pockets hold service records, a lightweight multi-tip
>screwdriver, flashlight, and lid prop.

>Most of what I do for a normal service call can be done with that primary
>bag. It's probably about 15 lbs, or perhaps less.  If I need any other
>regulation tool, pliers, etc., it's usually in the Duluth. But there is also
>another huge Duluth bag that holds all the task-specific bags.

>--
>JF

>On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:31 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote:

>> Thanks David, David, David and all the others not named David,
>>
>> Yeah, I've looked at all these and other suppliers that have similar
>> models.  It's really this exact case I'm after, with the tool pallets,
>> center compartment, and the vertical orientation.  WITH WHEELS!!
>>
>> Lighten up??  Nope, not a chance.  I'm a lazy son of gun at heart, and I
>> hate making a trip to the car for stuff.  I actually bought a smaller
>> "essentials only" case for tuning and absolute basics.  Hated it.  I really
>> don't like going back to the car.  And I find myself tempted too often to
>> not do something that needs doing because it slows me down to go to the
>> car.  I don't like that.  I rarely don't do the thing, but I am less happy
>> about it.  I want to be happy.  This larger kind of case weighs a lot with
>> tools, thus my request that I'm looking for exactly this style case WITH
>> WHEELS.  Weight matters little when it's rolling.  I'm actually still using
>> the lighter case, and if I can't find a wheeled version of what I'm looking
>> for, I'll probably stick with it.  My shoulders and back aren't bugging me
>> now (I'm not yet 40), but I really don't want to get to the point that I
>> have to change kits because they start to hurt.  Wheels, wheels, wheels (and
>> more tools).  ;-]
>>
>> If anyone ever finds this Jensen case or one identical to it with wheels,
>> Please let me know!
>>
>> 
>http://www.stanleysupplyservices.com/product-group.aspx?id=10158&pn=216-170
>>
>> William R. Monroe
>>
>>
>>