Where to put it

[James Grebe]

Hi All,
I put my Mac RCT on the end of my tool box turned on its end.  It is about
1.5' up from the floor on my left side.

James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G
pianoman@inlink.com
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in
St. Louis, MO
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Swafford <kswafford@earthlink.net>
To: pianotech list <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Libretto/RCT Review


>Carl Root wrote:
>
>>I expect my copy of RCT to arrive any day now.  I plan to run it on my
>>desktop next to my own piano to make sure I like it as much as I expect
>>to.  I will then have to decide what size laptop to buy.  Dean is trying
>>to talk me out of the new G3's which measure something like 12 X 12, but
>>the large screen, full size keyboard, and other features sound
>>attractive.
>
>You could probably become accustomed to tuning with a G3, especially if
>you haven't used RCT at all before, but I have seen the G3's and although
>they are wonderful, sleek computers, they _are_ huge.
>
>>I was thinking off modifying the Steinway triangular lid prop design by
>>adding a piece of 1/2" X 1/8" X 12" brass or steel mounted on the
>>underside of the triangle.  An alternative would be a pair of 2" X 1" X
>>1/2" blocks with a dovetail cut in one end that would slide in a
>>dovetail track.  The blocks act as clamps or wedges that would form a
>>stable shelf.
>
>Placing a laptop on a grand is never a problem. One can place a laptop on
>many vertical fallboards with no problem. I only rarely place a laptop on
>the top of a vertical piano. I regularly place a laptop on a small
>Accu-Tuner case sitting on the floor just in front of the bass end
>caster. This has become perfectly natural for me and works just great.
>
>Kent Swafford
>
>
>>I'd like to hear what other RCT users have done to solve this problem.
>>
>>Carl Root, RPT
>