Genck Tool Case

[gordon stelter]

I carry my ETD, wrapped in a towl, in a crummy
looking, $6 tool box on the passenger's  side floor
pan.  It is FAR less inviting to thieves than an
expensive aluminum case, and the towell, as padding,
can be thrown in the wash when it gets soiled from the
disgusting conditions often found in my customers'
pianos, homes and mouths ( I once became violently ill
from the breath of a proud owner of a new Petrof. Was
actually hospitalized a fgew days after she breathed
on me). What gets into the fancy foam or velour lining
of expensive cases STAYS there, and gets transferred
to the nice clean pianos of our more civilized
clients, which I find unnaceptable. I also ask the
customer to clean the keys BEFORE I arrive. If they
don't like it, so what. I feel no need to contaminate
my $1,500 gadget with sludge from their kids' fingers.
( The lesson in being civilized is free of charge.)
     Thump 



--- David Love <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I also use the Jensen cordura bag.  The Genck is a
> nice case.  The only
> problem I see is carrying liquids.  The Jensen
> allows them to be held in an
> upright position.  The Genck doesn't.
> 
> David Love
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: September 30, 2002 8:09 PM
> Subject: Genck Tool Case
> 
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> I got the temporary loan (30-day return) of Schaff's
> #2664 Genck tool
> case. I'm contemplating moving into it from my
> Jenson cordura
> double-sided four pallet bag.  It's very nicely
> made, and I'm
> confident that structurally it'll last much longer
> than the 2-3.5
> year life of the outside zippers on the Jensen. (The
> zippers are the
> first part of the cordura bags to fail; I've been
> through 5-6 in the
> last 20 years. I've always assumed that I was
> loading too many pounds
> of tools (18#) into what was essentially a cloth
> bag, a sure-fire
> stress on the zippers.)
> 
> Has anyone else been carrying around the Genck case
> "for the long
> haul"? I'm assuming that I'll be able to get maybe
> 2/3 of the stuff
> now in the Jensen bag into the Genck case (should I
> decide to buy
> it). In fact, cutting down on the weight (and number
> of tools) in my
> priary, walk-through-the-door" bag was the purpose
> of checking out
> the Genck. (The Jensen with four removable pallets
> weighs 9#, and I'm
> stuffing it to bursting with 18# of steel. The Genck
> weighs 4#.
> 
> So, anybody have long-term experience with the
> Genck? Also, what's
> the weight of your primary bag?
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
> "If you think that Mick Jagger will still be doing
> the whole rock
> star thing at age fifty, well, then, you are sorely,
> sorely mistaken."
>      ...........Jimmy Fallon as the uber-road
> manager in "Almost Famous"
> +++++++++++++++++++++
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