Great idea, Barb, about garage sales.... I have a booth in a local flea market for sales, staorage, and visibility... after eleven years in this area as the only tuner, I get lots of people stopping by who say " Oh, you still tune pianos???" Like maybe they think I went into brain surgery?? Anyway, I picked up a travel case for a computer, the kind of road case musicians use for transporting delicate stuff, fibreglass and aluminum, all foam padded on the inside. When customized, it will be my __last__ case. These things would ordinarily cost $3-400. Cost me $25 !!! As Martha Stewart would say... that's a good thing! I also have a few old small suitcases, black, and very solid, from the Goodwill or Sally Ann, I cant remember, bought for about $5 ea. These are for 'supplies'; one for heavy stuff like wire, and pins, another has all the glues in it, so in winter, I can leave most my stuff in the car, and only bring the freezables inside!! This is an important consideration, since today, for instance, the 13th of April, there are two bloody inchs of fresh snow... yecccch. Enough already, out, out damned flake !! Bye, y'all Jim Jim Kinnear, I.P.T. KINNEAR PIANO SERVICES Collingwood, Ont, Canada (Where winter should be over!) MAIL TO: Box 100, Nottawa, ONT. Canada, L0M 1P0 EMAIL: jkinnear@pianoguy.com http://www.PianoGuy.com
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