[pianotech] String Kit - Traveling Light

[Terry Farrell]

> I ride my motorcycle to most of my service appointments. I like to  
> have all the tools and supplies I might need, so I've worked at  
> making my tool boxes as small and as light as possible. One thing  
> I've done recently is to make up a minimal string kit. The kit  
> consists of plain wire strings from 0.030" to 0.043" that are long  
> enough for up to a 7-foot piano. I don't service many nine-footers,  
> so the shorter strings are sufficient for 99+% of the pianos I  
> service ('course it's really only the larger strings that will be  
> too short on a big piano - smaller strings should still work on a  
> big piano). I carry three of the smaller diameter strings, two of  
> medium strings and one of each larger size. I loop them around into  
> a circle about the size they would be on those 1/4-pound reels the  
> supply houses sell. I pack them in small cardboard pack that are  
> designed to be mailers for a CD.
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> Thought I'd share this idea for anyone interested in shrinking their  
> mobile string supplies.
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> Picture below shows the labeled packs, a coil of strings and a  
> Velcro band to bundle the packs up into one unit. Each time I use a  
> string I mark the cardboard envelope to remind me to add a  
> replacement string.
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> Below is three 0.033" strings coiled up in the pack.
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> Below packs are bundled and tied together with a Velcro strap.
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> String bundles in my string replacement tool bag.
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> Terry Farrell
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