This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment After the first time I serviced a piano in a school, I used a luggage = carrier (those carts that were made before luggage came with wheels). = That would have been 1983. I don't use it when servicing pianos in = homes, since the car is so nearby, but when servicing any institution = it's normal operating procedure. I bring my big old regular tool case, = the case that is home to my punchings, pinning supplies and electrical = gadgets--heat gun, hammer iron, etc., my cooler of glues and chemicals = and brief case. I can even carry more, if I have a particular job that = I'm doing. I used it to roll around Illinois Wesleyan University for 5 = 1/2 years, but I didn't usually carry as much with me since my = office/shop was so easily accessible. Actually, I have carts in two different sizes--depending on the job and = amount of equipment I need to haul. When I was rebuilding the action to = the Steinway D at Braden Auditorium, I used the big cart to transport = the action (bungee corded in place) to and from my van. I used the = carts to haul actions around IWU, also. Barbara Richmond, RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Andrew Anderson=20 To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net ; College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] The Ideal Tool Case? How many of us use a cart, like a mail cart etc, to bring everything = with us while servicing piano on campus? Andrew Anderson At 07:50 PM 1/8/2006, you wrote: Believe me...you WILL be going for a lighter kit as the years go by. = When my knuckles started dragging on the floor, I knew it was time... You mentioned you use an abbreviated kit for long walking = distances...that seems like the time for more fully loaded kit, rather = than walk back to the car...? I would interested in a heavier kit only if it had wheels...I don't = mind the walk to the car...what 30 feet? =20 David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Original message From: "Jeff Olson"=20 To: "College and University Technicians"=20 Received: 1/8/2006 4:48:02 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] The Ideal Tool Case? I don't mind a heavier case -- mine weighs 33 lbs. "fully loaded" = with tools -- for carrying the few yards into a house (I get too = impatient having to journey to the car two or three more times for = needed tools if I split up my tool collection along the lines Wim does). =20 For university or apartment work, when I need to walk a relatively = long ways, I use an abbreviated tool bag that holds mostly tuning = wrenches, a couple screwdrivers, etc., that weighs only a few pounds. I = mean, I'm macho, but not (completely) nuts. =20 I found your tool case, Ron, rather appealing; never liked the = roll-up types -- tools tended to scatter/fall upon rolling out, and = sometimes slither out upon rolling up, in the ones I've tried. =20 J0 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ronald E Engle=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] The Ideal Tool Case? My odyssey for the perfect case continues also. I liked the Genck = case which I used for 10 or so years. After that wore out I bought one = of the "close out" Genck's. I could not use it because it was clumsy = and you have to fill it to make it work and it became to heavy for me. =20 =20 I agree with Wim's philosophy and I would add an element of my = own. Simplify, Simplify, Simplify. Why carry around tools you seldom = use? However I have not reached the tuning hammer and mutes only, = approach yet. Presently I am using a laptop computer carrying case I had = laying around which happens to be identical to ones for sale at Office = Max or any office supply store. The pouches, slots, flapped side = pocket, movable divider all just happen to work out perfectly for me. = The Modification I did make is to borrow a pallet from the new Genck = which has velcro hooks on the bottom edge. It lays right in the case = where the computer use to and is permanently positioned so the top edge = of the pallet lays on the top edge of the case, so it is slanted for = easy removal of tools, it is hinged at the bottom because of the velco = and items can be kept underneath. The movable divider is beside the = pallet giving space for a few small tools that are placed in there = loose. At the space at the bottom of the pallet I place my tuning = hammer and a few necessities that are used at every tuning. This kit is = light, everything is easily accessible, the large flapped side space = (usually empty) is used for temporary tools or supplies I know I might = need for the job, sometimes umbrella, hat, ETD if you use one. It is = soft so I don't worry about laying it on furniture and worse yet banging = it against furniture ( I am clumsy). It has a removable shoulder strap = which can be doubled to hold the case lid in upright position. =20 Everyone has to work out what's best for them. I am very happy = with this arrangement. =20 Ron Engle =20 =20 On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:40:39 EST Wimblees@aol.com writes: Jeff =20 I use a tool roll, as sold by the piano supply stores, to hold = my basic tuning and regulating tools, pliers, etc. I have another small = bag for my voicing tools. These is carry in one of the briefcases sold = at the home office, which has the PTG logo on it. The briefcase is = leather, and can be carried by a shoulder strap. It has room for lots of = extra goodies, including paper work, glue, etc. I like the shoulder = strap, as it takes the weight off my arms and hands.=20 =20 As was mentioned, there is no such a thing as a perfect case. = What you want is something that will hold the basic things you need most = of the time that will get you thought a basic tuning, voicing, and = regulation. The rest you should keep in a variety of carrying cases and = tool boxes in your car.=20 =20 Wim=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/79/dd/4b/d8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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