Tool cases

[John Ross]

Hi Bill,
It was $100 Cdn. The material is really strong, if you read their
site, it appears it will last, as it is made for expensive camera
equipment.
I got it in a camera store. They had smaller ones, and it did take me
a while to work up to 28lbs. I hate going back to the van, for other
stuff, especially in apartment buildings, or schools and the
University. It also looks professional.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:37 PM
Subject: RE: Tool cases


| At 8:38 AM -0700 10/1/02, David Ilvedson wrote:
| >If was working full-time at a school a big kit on wheels would make
| >sense.  As it is, I'm mainly in-home & commercial accounts.  I've
| >gone to kits and mainly only bring in my tuning kit & vacuum.
| >Weight of kit is less than 10 lbs.  Yes, I do have to go to the car
| >occassionally...if I have an idea I'll need more I strap on the
| >extra service/repair kit.
|
| That's what I'm aiming for.  I want a tool bag/box to last a few
| years. The Jensen double bag even with three (out of four) new
| pallets costs $162. The Genck 275 (Schaff sent me a C, with the
| tuff-fabric cover) is $249. The reason I seem to run through the
| cloth bags so frequently is because I load them up (two pliers in a
| retainer made for one, etc.). If I trimmed my walk-in bag down to
| what I could fit into the Genck , the Genck might last twice as long
| (paying fro the extra $87). I'm leaning towards the Genck. The old
| Jensen could become the jack-of-all-jobs bag I have been carrying
| around. It could sit out in the car, ready for the "$5 walk". (Or at
| least it was $5 back in '87, when someone related the idea of it
from
| a Kawai class they'd been to.
|
| I'm also glad to know that I'm not the only one carrying around 25#
bags/boxes.
|
| At 5:07 PM -0300 10/1/02, John Ross wrote:
| >I tried to find the model of mine at the site, but I can't. Mine
seems
| >to be about 11"X8"X16", and supposedly back straps can be purchased
| >for it.
|
| So how much did you pay for this bag. (Mail order, or big city
camera
| shop?) It certainly looks rugged.
|
| At 8:40 PM -0400 10/1/02, JIMRPT@aol.com wrote:
| >A basic tuning setup that will
| >cover grands/verticals basic tools for repinning and a set of
regulating
| >tools along with your favorite small pliers and assorted
screwdrivers make up
| >a very workable kit. I use a Doctors bag and it weighs all of 11
pounds fully
| >loaded.....but as someone has already said "different strokes".....
| >Jim Bryant (FL)
|
| I agree. What you keep in your bag is determined my what you "run
| into on a regular basis". If you're running out to the car for
| something that you run into on a regular basis, it belongs in your
| "walk-in" bag.
|
|
| Bill Ballard RPT
| NH Chapter, P.T.G.
|
| "All it takes is running your hands across the black granite at the
| VietNam Memorial to understand what mistakes do
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Comm., 9/26/02
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