<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C81CC4.5B283AB0"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> If you want a good strong case of this type then buy a Clydesdale. They make road cases for different types of PA and sound gear. I been using mine for about 15 years with no problems, very heavy duty.<o:p></o:p> Wayne Walker<o:p></o:p> Musicstop Ltd<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Richmond [mailto:piano57@insightbb.com] Sent: <st1:date Month="10" Day="31" Year="2007">Wednesday, October 31, 2007</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="19" Minute="8">7:08 PM</st1:time> To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE <o:p> </o:p> <div> 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.  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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.  ;-) <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Barbara Richmond<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca" title="jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: <st1:date Month="10" Day="31" Year="2007">Wednesday, October 31, 2007</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="16" Minute="41">4:41 PM</st1:time><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> I like you, use the aluminum cases for specialized purposes.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I found they didn't stand up to every day use, rivets pulled out of hinges etc.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Mind you, to be fair, I kept on putting more and more stuff in it.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Having dedicated cases in a van, simplifies things.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> John M. Ross <st1:place><st1:City>Windsor</st1:City>, <st1:State>Nova Scotia</st1:State>, <st1:country-region>Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> <a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com" title="piano57@insightbb.com">Barbara Richmond</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: <st1:date Month="10" Day="31" Year="2007">Wednesday, October 31, 2007</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="17" Minute="36">5:36 PM</st1:time><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> <div> <div> Hi,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </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.  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Barbara Richmond, RPT<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> near <st1:place><st1:City>Peoria</st1:City>, <st1:State>Illinois</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From: <a href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com" title="IFixPianos@yahoo.com">Michael Magness</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: <st1:date Month="10" Day="31" Year="2007">Wednesday, October 31, 2007</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="14" Minute="11">2:11 PM</st1:time><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> On <st1:date Month="10" Day="31" Year="2007">10/31/07</st1:date>, Hechler Family <<a href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p> Here is what I use for everything: tool case, player piano case, "stringing" case, <a href="http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39196">http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39196</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Hi,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </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. <o:p></o:p> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>