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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Love</b> <<a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I also ordered one of the bigger ones awhile back and found that it was just<br>too heavy with everything loaded up to carry everywhere. I went back to my
<br>old Genck case for normal appointments and used the Duluth bag to hold all<br>my repair materials including stringing stuff. It generally sits in the car<br>but it holds pretty much anything I might need. That way, I'm not lugging
<br>everything inside for what often amounts to a simple<br>tuning/voicing/regulation type stuff.<br><br>David Love<br><a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a><br><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">
www.davidlovepianos.com</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>
] On Behalf<br>Of John Formsma<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:00 PM<br>To: Pianotech List<br>Subject: Re: Duluth tool bags<br><br>Aagh! Don't say that...I ordered mine this morning. Oh well, I can<br>always return it if it doesn't work.
<br>--<br>JF<br><br><br>On 10/31/07, Michael Kurta <<a href="mailto:mkurta@roadrunner.com">mkurta@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> Hey Guys:<br>> I hate to be the wet blanket here, but I ordered the Jailhouse bag,
<br>used<br>> it for a week and sent it back. I guess I missed the convenience of my<br>old<br>> Genck case where I could open the lid and everything was looking at me.<br>The<br>> Duluth bag is very well made, but I had a hard time remembering where I
<br>put<br>> stuff, and had to keep turning the bag around to get to the other side to<br>> find the item I wanted. Couldn't easily put long items inside, and yes<br>lots<br>> of small tools are laying atop one another in the Genck, but I know where
<br>> they are. Sorry, but I'll keep my old hard case even though its two<br>pounds<br>> heavier.<br>> Mike Kurta<br><br>Hi Mike,</blockquote>
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<div>I sent my Jailhouse back too and got the bighouse instead, long things, like my largest screwdrivers upright in it, on the backside while my tuning hammer can lie flat on the front side. I understand your point about the Duluth bag and rembering where things are however it's a matter of getting used to it as proved by your statement. <snip>
<font face="Tahoma" size="2">yes lots of small tools are laying atop one another in the Genck, but I know where they are. </font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">I believe had you given yourself more than a week you would have arrived at the same comfort level with the Duluth bag. It's all a matter of comfort and preference and we're all going to have our favorites, as the French
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">say Vive la Difference!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Mike</font></div><br> </div>-- <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 href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">
www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a>