<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=content-type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bottomMargin=0 leftMargin=3 topMargin=0 rightMargin=3> <DIV></DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>Mark Potter wrote:</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>I guess my parameters are based on what will fit comfortably into the Genck case.  Why go in with a half-empty case?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd say why carry around tools you rarely use?  I love having a small kit when I know its all I need.  I believe your at a University?  In a situation of moving from one room to the next more tools would be needed and you might have to walk quite a ways to the car.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think this would be a good thread...although we may have already done it?...What is necessary for a tuning kit:  You have to go beyond just a hammer, mutes & a fork...but what? What are typical things that come up?  Not a rare repair...thats what the car is for.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>  But I <U>do</U> think it seems a bit more professional to appear to have the tools of the trade at hand, rather than running out to the >car for something that I run into on a regular basis.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do agree that it is more professional to have exactly what you need at all times...but my arms veto this idea everytime.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David I.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Different strokes...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 14:16:19 -0700 "Joseph Garrett" <<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>> writes:<BR>> "I like to avoid trips to the car...."(Mark Potter) Hmmmm?! Obviously <BR>> you<BR>> have never been to one of Jim Harvey's classes on tool kits! If'n ya <BR>> hast to<BR>> go to the car to get something....you should hear "Kaching"! (the <BR>> sound of<BR>> the olde fashioned cash register!) The idea is to have only the <BR>> "basics" in<BR>> your tool kit. If you need something special, then a trip to the  <BR>> car is<BR>> warranted AND charged for.<BR>> Best Regards,<BR>> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)<BR>> <BR>> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A><BR>> <BR>> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>