18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE

[WAYNE WALKER]

If you want a good strong case of this type then buy a Clydesdale. They
make road cases for different types of PA and sound gear. I been using
mine for about 15 years with no problems, very heavy duty.
Wayne Walker
Musicstop Ltd
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Richmond [mailto:piano57 at insightbb.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:08 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE
 
Yes, well, overstuffing any case will make it...explode.  I haven't been
very kind to my brief case and I'm sorry about it now.  I noticed that
my shoe repair shop offers luggage repair--so maybe there's hope for it
after all. This afternoon I found some aluminum cases on the net that I
would hope were better quality--at least the price suggested it.  I
think I paid $60-70 each twenty years ago for my two oldest ones.  
 
I bought an aluminum brief case at a truck stop last summer, but I don't
like the innards so much. If I can get my old case fixed, I'll find some
ingenious use for the new one.  ;-) 
 
Barbara Richmond
----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Ross <mailto:jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>  
To: Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>  
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE
 
I like you, use the aluminum cases for specialized purposes.
I found they didn't stand up to every day use, rivets pulled out of
hinges etc.
Mind you, to be fair, I kept on putting more and more stuff in it.
I now use one for all the keybed refelting stuff. Another has my two
scissor jacks and wooden blocks, used to support pinblocks, and lift
grands to put on a truck, or work on the legs.
Having dedicated cases in a van, simplifies things.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Barbara <mailto:piano57 at insightbb.com>  Richmond 
To: Pianotech <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>  
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE
 
Hi,
 
I use aluminum cases; I like the way they stack for hauling on my
luggage cart (see October's Journal).  A couple of mine are over twenty
years old and were originially marketed as cam-corder cases.  They cost
more than the one listed below; I'm not sure how different in quality
they are.  I haven't had to have the clasps or hinges replaced, but I
did have to have a new handle put on the first one fairly early on.  At
that time I was working at a music store that did band instrument
repair, so I just took it to the instrument tech, who also repaired
instrument cases.
 
I also use a couple cheaper ones that I got within the last few
years--one from Harbor Freight another from Home Depot, for some
specialized stuff, so I don't open them as often.  I like the way my
stuff fits in them, how they fit in my van, and they fit neatly in a
relatively small space in my house when I've unloaded them from the van
for the night.  
 
 
Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Magness <mailto:IFixPianos at yahoo.com>  
To: Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>  
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE
 
 
On 10/31/07, Hechler Family <dahechler at charter.net> wrote: 
Here is what I use for everything: tool case, player piano case,
"stringing" case,

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39196

 
Hi,
 
I used this same case for a few years, I found the hinges gave out on
the top rather quickly especially if you put tools in the pockets
rovided for same, followed by the d-ring attachments on the side where
the shoulder strap attaches. 
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