Speaking of flashlight accessories...check out www.duluthtrading.com for a four-legged sheath that holds your mini-mag. The legs bend and will hold the light in lots of positions. Great for let-off reg. David I. -----Original Message----- From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Monday, December 04, 2000 6:36 AM Subject: Re: Sufficent light/was: The needed quiet >Pat Draine, > >At 07:59 12/04/2000 -0500, you wrote: >>> Almost everyone asks if I have enough light and >>> > if I'd like a Coke or glass of water. >> >>And there is almost never enough light, is there!? >><snip> >>What do you do -- depend on the customer for illumination or do you carry >>your own? > > >If all I am doing is tuning, all the light I need is enough to put in my >strip mute. I have had to use my Maglite to do even that on a dark stage >here on campus when I've had to tune at 5AM and the cleaning crew hadn't >yet turned on the lights, but after it is stripped I can do it in the dark >. ;-} I figger I'm getting in training for when my eyes give out completely... > >I can't recall _any_ of my private customers not providing plenty of light >when I requested it, >many _do_ ask if I have enough. > >I have a clamp-on reflector light which I'll bring in if I have to do >extensive work under the keybed. (like putting in new plastic elbows ;-) > > >>PS Thanks to the X-Files & Jim Harvey for introducing me to the mini Maglite. > >Speaking of Maglite... > >I recently got a new toy for my AA size Maglite. It is a flashlight >accessory!?! (I never would have thought that a flashlight _needed_ an >accessory.) It is a 5 1/2" x 1/8"(140 x 3mm) flexible fibre optic tube >which slips over the lens. > >It's fun getting light _inside_ of an action and not having to deal with >the normal shadows. > >I found it at an outfitting store (Gander Mountain) for less than $5US, but >it should be available other places. > > > >Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu >Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) > >Education is the best defense against the media. > >
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