Genck Tool Case

[Laura Olsen]

Dear Bill,

I bought a Genck tool case at a PTG chapter auction about 12 years ago.  The
pallet that is glued to the top was glued in with hot glue and every time it
got warm in my car...
Well, I fixed it with gorilla glue and it works like a charm.  I recently
bought a basic black Computer-Friendly rolling Office that holds my laptop,
brochures, day timer, glue, clamps, etc. and I just set the Genck case on
top and away I roll.  My chiropractor had suggested a rolling case as I was
carring over 20 lbs in the Genck and another 10 plus in the computer case.
I tried a Stanley rolling tool box, but it was too hard to carry up stairs
and didn't fit our tools efficiently.  Besides the safety yellow was just
not my color.

It's important to me to look professional.  I think this is a winning combo.
The only downside it this system requires regular maintenance to keep from
carrying too much!

Laura Olsen, RPT
Barrington, IL
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Bill Ballard
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:10 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
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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