Tool Kits back

[David ilvedson]

Yeah, yeah...thats because with all your HHCC's you have no room 
for piano tools.  : >

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA




> Hello David,
> You call that a mini-kit.  That is almost everything I carry in the truck
> as well as what I bring into the house.:>)
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> ----------
> > From: David ilvedson <ilvey@jps.net>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Tool Kits
> > Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 7:13 PM
> > 
> > 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
> 
> 
David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net