<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.  ;-) </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I like you, use the aluminum cases for specialized purposes.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I found they didn't stand up to every day use, rivets pulled out of hinges etc.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Mind you, to be fair, I kept on putting more and more stuff in it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Having dedicated cases in a van, simplifies things.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano57@insightbb.com href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">Barbara Richmond</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV> <DIV>near Peoria, Illinois</DIV></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=IFixPianos@yahoo.com href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">Michael Magness</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/31/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Hechler Family</B> <<A href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Here is what I use for everything: tool case, player piano case,<BR>"stringing" case,<BR><BR><A href="http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39196">http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39196</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>