Sufficent light/was: The needed quiet

[bases-loaded@juno.com]

Maglite also makes a headband that will hold the mini-mag so that it is
aimed wherever you are looking.  Not a wholly desirable fashion
statement, perhaps, but a very effective 'hands-off' method for getting
light precisely where you are working.

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com


On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 08:00:03 -0800 "David Ilvedson, RPT" <ilvey@jps.net>
writes:
> 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.
> >
> >
>