Tool Kits

[Jon Page]

David,
You are missing the TautLine Regulation Guide
available from Pianotek  #TLRG.

It's great for field adjustments for LO/drop. Works in the shop too.

;-)

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 12:13 AM 8/29/98 +0000, you wrote:
>List...
>
>I am leading a technical next Tuesday, at our Bi-Monthly Chapter 
>meeting, on service kits.  i.e. what you typically bring into 
>the home or wherever when tuning/servicing a piano.  I am a 
>"lite tool kit" kind of quy and would be interested in hearing 
>from you folks on what you bring in your tool case.  If you 
>bring everything but the kitchen sink you won't be interesting 
>in listing it to the List, but if you have a "lite" kit what do 
>you pack?  Me first...
>
>I have a mini Halliburton camera case, maybe 9" by 6", that I've 
>had for years lined with foam, which is getting ratty...
>
>Wonderwand tuning hammer
>Assorted rubber mutes with and without wire handles
>Sheffield A440 fork
>SAT II no extra switches i.e foot or handle
>Small vicegrip
>Small crescent
>Tool roll with:
>	Univ. handle
>	2 straight Screwdriver blades, 2 Phillips
>	key easer for just lifting the key and pushing key down on
>	3 different angled damper benders/univ. handle
>	Thin flat Spoon bender
>	Hart spring tool
>	Univ. capstan
>	Yamaha capstan wrench (for square capstans)
>	Dowel with the hole type capstan tool
>	Drop screw tool
>	Jewelers screwdrivers both type
>	Brass tool for seating strings
>	Big Straight plate, screwdriver blade for tuning hammer
>	Small ruler
>	False beat elimanator (which I may put in the big kit
>	Spurlock micro-fine teflon powder/brush
> 	Applicator filled with Protek
>	Protek thick lube (like vaseline)
>	Vegetable brush
>	Elmers small bottle filled with yellow glue
>	2 smaller Spurlock soundboard tools
>	Boar bristle paint brush
>	Hart string hook
>	Hart voicing tool
>	Key dip block
>	Chris Gregg's hammer filing tool (which I've misplaced)
>	Yamaha upright voicing tool in a plastic film canister
>	
>I think that's about it...
>
>That tool kit and my vacuum is typically all I bring to a job.  
>Of course if I know a string is broken I bring along another 
>kit with wire and all the tools I'll need.  I have another 
>Jensen soft case filled with everything else I'll need for 
>repairs.  	
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>	 
>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, CA
>ilvey@jps.net
>
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