Check this one out Matthew. We discussed a little bit what tool boxes we carry. http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1193907/Tuner%20Tool%2 0Cases.html#Post1193907 I drive a Cadilac used and paid for - and put into one container all of the lubricants. I learned the hard way not to put anything on top of the lubricates when I noticed a nasty smell in my car while I was driving as one of my cans emptied itself from a drill that had been placed in the same container. PEWWEEEWWEE!.. I carry another large rubber maid container for my drills, drill bits, cordless flashlight, sand paper, humidifier pads and treatment fluid and junk like that. And yet another for piano parts that I have separated by using several smaller fishing type containers that you can pick up at Lowes or elsewhere, you know,they flip open, are small, fit a hand full of jack springs, brass flanges, screws etc. They have dividers in them and seal up so the stuff won't "sneak" out when it is closed or tipped by accident. I have several of these one for paper punchings of various sizes. I place them in order of what I use most to what I use least. I have one box with things of flanges, various sizes, hammer shanks, NO wippens, but, jack springs and other stuff like that. Tuning tools are carried in a separate box or two with re-pinning junk, strings in another. My trunk is full of crap but, I take along only what I use most often. The rest stays in my shop. I carry into the home my tuning stuff only. I travel about 30 miles one way at most usually. I charge more for traveling time too. But, mostly, it is in town traveling or very close to it. Jerry Groot RPT -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Cole Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:02 PM To: toddpianoworks at att.net; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Whippen storage There are pianos which use a type of wippen that has spring cords, one for the jack and another for the repetition lever. I used to tune for a lady that had such a piano and kept a few repaired wips in a Ziploc ready to exchange when a cord broke. She didn't think she needed a whole set repaired, thus her piano was tuned more frequently than she would have otherwise :-) She has long since left the area / died / whatever and I've had no call for a used wippen of any sort. Tom Cole Matthew Todd wrote: > Right now, I am using those lunch meat plastic storage containers, but > I am looking for something like a tool case that has compartments that > I can use to organize my whippens. I have a cantelevered tool chest > in my car that I use for flanges, jacks, rep screws, etc. but the > compartments are just a tad too small to store some of the whippens. > How do you all organize the whippens you have in your auto? > > ***_TODD PIANO WORKS_* > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/> > _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090511-0, 05/11/2009 Tested on: 5/12/2009 8:10:05 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
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