<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-= 1></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" text=#000000 bgColor== #ffffff> Geez, Tom, that explains the length = of your arms...;-]   At least put it on wheels for crying out= loud... I'm trying to keep it between 10 and 15 lbs.  .&nb= sp;  What I"ve got weighing in at 13 lbs. Duluth Supply= Company Master Jr. tool case (black cordova, with strap (best I've had= ...I've got at least 10 cast-offs in my shop) SAT III wrapped in lea= ther (which I use for repairs as needed) and cozy (Yamaha canvas bag...= give away at a convention) Ebony handle, Faulk Hammer in fixed knife= blade case from Bill's Custom cases (Thanks Tom Cole) Assorted mute= s...one temp strip for emergencies key Pounder (2 hammers glued toge= ther) Large Straight blade to fit tuning hammer for plate screws (I = opted not carry a phillips blade or ratchetting wrench (in the car= )  Boar bristle paintbrush pencils and pen grand piano k= ey...yamaha 2 of the smaller Spurlock soundboard cleaning tools...lo= ng one in the car Soundboard cleaning tool...old style..flexible = Rag Spurlock lid prop Coast Tac Torch LED flashlight..the best!<B= R>Magnetic Flexible flashlight tool...not bright enough though...somebo= dy on the LIST recommended this??? Hart voicing tool Yamaha voici= ng tool:  Grand Yamaha voicing tool:  Upright Spurlock = voicing block (white nylon...I think) film canister of Needles 6 = inch rule...metric and regular Screw starter tool...split blade e= xtendable magnet tool couple of different tweezer type thingees S= purlock punching tweezer...tiny jaws...for under key work hemostat<B= R>Dip block Multi-tool handle Phillips blades...big and little<BR= >3 straight blades 2 small screwdrivers...for regulating drop etc.<B= R>1 small phillips Damper regulating...straight bend & 45 degree= bend Spoon bender...flat one...the only one you need Small captu= ring screwdriver tool for damper screws Hart rep tool drop screw= regulator with handle and one for multi-tool Steinway let-off regul= ator Yamaha capstan regulator..short and long capstan regulator&n= bsp;for square capstans...uprights...black angled thingy Steinway ca= pstan regulator (square) Upright let-off tool/handle...for different= angles without pressure on eye screw Front key pin turning tool = Yamaha key easing tool...no pliers in kit 1 Small crescent wrench...= should carry 2... Small vice grip Swiss army knife Yellow wood= glue Small vile of PVC-E glue Few ivory keytops...appropriate ke= ys...E/B, C/F, D, G, A CA glue bunch of coffee stirrers 2 smal= l clamps for misc. repairs film canister of jack spring, misc stuff = (don't have the jack spring cleaning out tool...got to find mine) fi= lm canister of misc. rubber buttons film canister of misc. small bra= ss screws film canister of misc. punchings piece of shoe leather<= BR>fillm canister of single edge razor blades misc. cloth scraps = Fire starter thingee...clicker for twisting shanks Couple of touch u= p markers Bottle of goose juice/protek couple of oilers film = canister of micro-fine teflon powder small brush for applicatio= n small of can of pitchlock clips grand flange moving tool...pian= otek, I think film canister of packing tape for traveling package= of adhesive backed floppy cases for service record left under grand fa= llboard or inside of upright music rack micrometer Artledge tape = measuring tool for measuring for individual bass string replacement = This doesn't count my vacuum...Hoover Port-o-vac with strap 30 ft. = cord Whatever else I need is in the car David Ilvedson, RPT Pac= ifica, California <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: "Thomas Cole" <TCOLE@CRUZIO.COM> To: "Pian= otech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received: 2/4/2006 4:30:54 PM Sub= ject: Re: Weighty tools Debbie, My kit weighs in the neighborhood of 50 = lbs and I don't see it losing weight soon. My case caries my 5 lb lapto= p and all tuning and frequently used voicing, regulating and repairing = tools. I'm reluctant to make a trip out to the car to get a commonly us= ed regulating tool, for example.  Also, I never could justify addi= ng to the bill just because I'm making a second trip to the car. So I s= ometimes find myself not making the adjustment if the tool, or a good s= ubstitute, is not at hand. Thus I opt for the boy scout approach. <B= R>I look at it this way: I can pay to become a member of a health club = or I can save the cash and carry a 50 lb tool kit. It helps that the ca= se has wheels and a telescoping handle for the long-haul university job= s. Tom Cole <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="m= ailto:pianolady50@peoplepc.com">pianolady50@peoplepc.com</A> wrote: = <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid001e01c629d9$5ea39a20$d1459c04@D5XVKT41 type="c= ite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV>Here goes,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A general survey of the list.  Ov= er the years, have you found that your *primary* tuning kit goes from c= arrying as much as you can fit and then swings to carrying as little as= possible (getting too heavy)?  How often does the pendulum swing = back and forth if you find this to be true?  And...how much does t= he kit you carry now weigh?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have found I go through a swing appr= oximately every three years.  Presently, my primary tuning kit wei= ghs 14 lbs.(loaded).  I don't like to run out to my truck for stuf= f if I can help it, yet I'm trying to keep things to a minimum.  I= have room for more stuff in the case but I refuse to let it get any he= avier.  I also started keeping a *mini*, tuning only kit in the tr= uck at all times.  So if I'm visiting relatives, friends, or whene= ver, I can always tune.  This kit weighs less than 2 lbs.</= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just curious,</DIV> <DIV>Debbie L.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></D= IV></BODY></HTML>