<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Hi Gerald</DIV> <DIV>  Hey you can do a lot in a 1200 square foot shop.  I cleaned up they other day so the pictures look good. I've have been in a year long reorganization/efficiency mode. Or as they say in pre- school. Clean up.. clean up ...put away. And so the battle against shop clutter  goes</DIV> <DIV>    SO just looking at what's here may give you some ideas of what you can get in 1200 square ft. I love this shop. It has heat, air, great lighting & plenty of electricity. Both 220 & 110. It has four sky lights & I can't say enough good about that decision. This is my wood working area but can use it for many things.  My entire layout is 3000 ft & four seperate rooms.  It works really well but for most of my life I worked in a 1000 square ft.or less. We can work well on a bout 4 pianos at a time in the 1200 square ft piece. The action fore finish area is only about 600 ft Which is  where they go when the saw dust clears.</DIV> <DIV>  The dust collector is not in the room but behind a wall & not hooked up as of yet.</DIV> <DIV>  Write privately if you wish</DIV> <DIV>  Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some time ago I polled the list about starting a piano rental partnership with the dealer that I service for and got some good advice which I appreciate. Thanks to one and all. Now I am seeking advice in setting up a shop for the same dealer. I have my own shop but don't want to move in with them. I think it would be better if they had their own tools and such. They have visited dealerships in Houston and would like to have a complete service shop on the order of the ones in Houston and have asked me to help with the setup. I don't know how far they want to go with this. If they want to do complete rebuilds or just refurbish, but I want to be ready in any case. I've been given a blank slate to work with so give me your suggestions starting with floor space etc. just as if you were starting over. Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gerald McCleskey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shreveport, LA</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA1.1199513552@aol.com" style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 width=480 vspace=5 comp_state="speed" DATASIZE="59380" ID="MA1.1199513552" ><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA2.1199513552@aol.com" style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 width=480 vspace=5 comp_state="speed" DATASIZE="48707" ID="MA2.1199513552" ></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Start the year off right. <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank">Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>