<HTML>In a message dated 10/01/2002 1:11:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I carry my ETD, wrapped in a towl, in a crummy looking, $6 tool box on the passenger's  side floor pan.  It is FAR less inviting to thieves than an expensive aluminum case, and the towell, as padding, can be thrown in the wash when it gets soiled from the disgusting conditions often found in my customers' pianos, homes and mouths ( I once became violently ill from the breath of a proud owner of a new Petrof. Was actually hospitalized a fgew days after she breathed on me). What gets into the fancy foam or velour lining of expensive cases STAYS there, and gets transferred to the nice clean pianos of our more civilized clients, which I find unnaceptable. I also ask the customer to clean the keys BEFORE I arrive. If they don't like it, so what. I feel no need to contaminate my $1,500 gadget with sludge from their kids' fingers. ( The lesson in being civilized is free of charge.)     Thump </BLOCKQUOTE> Hi, The downside to this is,I believe we should look as professional as we can.I used to use a tacklebox,years back,and a fellow tech,convinced me to go to a better looking case.He told me what would I think if a doctor came in on a housecall,with a tacklebox under his arm.That was enough said for me,but they both work,it's whatever kind of image we want to project. Best, Hazen Bannister</HTML>