<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Barbara Richmond</b> <<a href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">piano57@insightbb.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div 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"><span class="q"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title="IFixPianos@yahoo.com" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Michael Magness</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">Pianotech List</a> ; <a title="caut@ptg.org" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org" target="_blank"> 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></span> <div>snip</div><span class="q"> <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></span></blockquote></div></blockquote></div> <div> </div> <div>Just walkin' in, Barbara Just walkin' in! Doesn't take much more when you're my size with a tool case slung over one shoulder! People assume that everybody is normal sized like them! I conk my head on more Chandeliers, swag lamps and assorted stuff hanging from ceilings just above my sight line. </div> <div>In the room with too much furniture for you to turn around in, there's the piano in the darkest corner, always!</div> <div><Big smilin' grin> <br><br clear="all">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 href="http://www.IFixPianos.com"> www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>