<!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>Geeze, Mike.  First the cases break and now they're scratching and denting walls & furniture.  What <are> you doing with them?  <very big grin></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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> ; <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Why a Toolbag Rather Instead of a Toobox/Case</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I originally posted this in response to the 18" x 12-3/4" X 6"  aluminum case post of yesterday. As I thought about it( Is it just me or do most of you think well while tuning?) it occured to me that my reasons might be of more general interest. <BR clear=all> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My decision to not continue with the aluminum cases was not just the lack of quality but the concern for front doors, furniture, etc.</DIV> <DIV>A hard case raises a liability issue since the case and its attachments(hinges, d-rings,rivets, corner tabs) are just that, hard and can therefore scratch doors, furniture, pianos. No matter how careful you try to be, accidents can and do happen. I was taught by a wise tech who told us to always put your case on the floor, never on a chair, table, bench, always the floor. However chair legs, sofa fronts(the wooden kind) piano legs, china cabinets, grandfather/mother clocks etc. are all in close proximity, frequently, of the piano and can be bumped, scratched, dented by a hard case. </DIV> <DIV>snip</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike<BR>-- <BR>The way some people find fault, you'd think there was some kind of reward. <BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target=_blank>mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>