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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Someone out there mentioned a vacuum. Are you guys referring to those little Dirt Devil type? I'd like to vacuum out a piano especially behind the knee board. Also, is there something useful to clean pins, the plate and even the strings? My hands are black when I'm done tuning. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>ps. I was writing up the invoice on Friday with dirty hands, not that I mind dirt, but I want to look professional.</FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Thomas Cole <tcole@cruzio.com> <BR>Sounds like a sensible plan, Debbie. Part of my problem is that the kit weighs 14 lbs <B><BIG>before</BIG></B> I load in the tools! As I'm getting longer in the tooth, I may have to downsize.<BR><BR>I do have several different cases in the car for the more infrequent repair procedures (but nothing as extensive as Isaac Sadigursky). I like keeping the glues and lubes separate from other tools and supplies in a small cooler (except one small white glue bottle goes in the main kit). Strings and stringing tools are in a tool box, repining and many of my regulating tools in a tackle box. Vacuum and cleaning implements are in a large tool box. A couple of two-sided fishing boxes carry small parts, another tool box is for a drill motor, drills and various repair tools, and a large plastic container stores Cory products for sale and caster cups. <BR><BR>Filling the interstices between the cases are a piano-lifting crowbar (for installing the caster cups), a key-leveling straightedge, and whatever didn't fit in the above. A moving blanket covers all the cases and provides a bed for transporting actions.<BR><BR>Always in search of a better tool case...<BR>Tom Cole<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:pianolady50@peoplepc.com">pianolady50@peoplepc.com</A> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Okay, minus the 5lb. laptop, we're still not close! I carry all I need for tuning and regulating. The repair stuff stays behind in the truck unless I know about the type of repair ahead of time. Even so, it still travels in a different container (kit). I have a "stick um and slick um" kit, a various and sundry small parts kit, string kit, and a (doesn't always travel with me) player piano kit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weighty tools</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Debbie,<BR><BR>My kit weighs in the neighborhood of 50 lbs and I don't see it losing weight soon. My case caries my 5 lb laptop 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 used regulating tool, for example. <BR>Tom Cole<BR><BR>
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