nursing home blues (slightly OT)

[J Patrick Draine]

On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 08:21  PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>
>> If I'm asked back I'll have to be more specific about my needs...and 
>> about the definition of the word "available".
>>
>> Tom Sivak
>
> They don't have a clue. The most common questions I get are "Do you 
> have enough light"

And the answer, today at least, is: "No." It's raining heavily and the 
skies are pretty darn dark. And the only illumination for that half of 
the room is the piano lamp which gets put on the floor as we open up 
the piano.
Other than urging the owner to scrounge up a floor lamp, or pulling a 
lame clip on utility lamp out of the car, I'm wondering what the rest 
of you do.
Fifteen or more years ago Paul Rattigan of Norwell, MA put together a 
halogen lamp product -- clip on and with a base, special carrying case 
-- and marketed it to piano technicians. After about a year of 
insignificant sales he gave up on the side venture, and returned his 
full attention to working on pianos.
Product recommendations anyone?
Patrick Draine