Genck Tool Case

[Mike Kurta]

    Hi Bill:
    I just went out to the car, brought my Genck tool case in and weighed
it.  22lbs!  I have had it 12 years and have given it rough use with minimal
care.  It has held up remarkably well, and I tell Bruce Genck how much I
like it every time I see him.  I keep liquids in small tightly sealed
containers, I've removed the tool pallets because I couldn't get the number
of tools inside I wanted with them in place.  (I hate going out to the car
if I don't have to).  I keep my SAT in the specially padded compartment so I
would not want a soft sided case.  They are not cheap, but I have yet to
have any complaint except the locks failed early on, but I wouldn't use them
anyway.  I've found the Genck case to be very high quality, though heavy,
but long lasting and very rugged.
    Mike Kurta
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:09 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."
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