<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Isaac Sadigursky <<a href="mailto:irs.pianos@earthlink.net">irs.pianos@earthlink.net</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 13, 2012 8:48:39 PM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Isaac Sadigursky <<a href="mailto:irs.pianos@earthlink.net">irs.pianos@earthlink.net</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Fwd: [pianotech] Metro Vac 'n Blo</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Isaac Sadigursky <<a href="mailto:isaacspianoservice@gmail.com">isaacspianoservice@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 13, 2012 8:31:15 PM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [pianotech] Metro Vac 'n Blo</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Hi, Paul!<br>Very nice set-up!<br>What works for me:<br>Old trusted Electrolux with 2 hoses: vacuum first and then Vacuum and blowing together speeds things-up.At the tail of a grand I lake to place a WET Rag,it works as a Dust Arrester..Try it,it works,dust doesn't get on a white carpet or drapes....<br>All this is stored in a carry-on wheeled luggage case.<br>2 luggage cases on top of a back seat of a car make it easier to slide in and out a Grand action..<br>Small blanket to protect working area, few extra disposable bags in one of the pockets,few rags are stored inside my Vacuum Bag...<br>This set-up gets me a lot of extra points,compliments from client and $$.<br>Hope,it helps to become a little more efficient..<br>See you in Seattle.<br>Isaac Sadigursky, RPT<br>Los Angeles Chapter<br><br>On Jun 13, 2012, at 6:49 PM, paul bruesch wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I've been trying to convince a fellow piano tech, who will be replacing his burnt-out Mighty-Mite vacuum, of the virtues of the Metro Vac 'n Blo that several of us own. It all got me to thinking about some of the minor irritations I've had with mine. My primary gripe has been that it's round and it rolls over, sometimes making it annoying to find the on/off switch. I've also always been a bit nervous about it rolling into a grand leg and marring it. I decided to see what I could throw together in my apartment with supplies I had on hand.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I first sawed (in a miter box with a dull back saw) a piece of 1x8 pine to 13-1/2", and a couple pieces of 5/8" dowel to 10-1/2". Glued and stapled (air gun stapler) the dowels to a width just enough to lift the outermost diameter off the 1x8. Why? So I can change bags easily, or just remove the intake end if I need more force on the output ("Blo") end.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Pilot drilled for some simple cup hooks, dribbled the holes with CA, and hooked my tarp bungee cords (10 or 12 for a couple $$ at your locally-owned Ace Hardware).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Then I put some no-slip, self-adhesive protecto feet on the bottom and I'm done.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Paul Bruesch<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Stillwater, MN<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><IMG_20120613_201106_MetroVacStand_1600Q6.jpg><br></blockquote><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>