I keep mine in cheap plastic toolboxes, but waterproof around the rivets for the handle. Because they, and the tools, are more cleanable this way. I could have a fancy toolbox with velour pockets for all my tools, which would make my customers gaze in amazement at how perfeshunal I appear. But that's just B.S. If I am putting tools contaminated with mouse crap in the pockets, then pulling them out to use on a customer's new $50,00 grand, that would make me a selfish and crude scumbag. And I keep paper towells and alcohol on hand to wipe my tools down. And cheap looking toolboxes are far less attractive to thieves. Thump --- David Love <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> wrote: > Mine is the 216-101 which has two pallets on one > side and a built in tool > holder on the other. The bag is designed to stand > upright and has a large > compartment in the middle which I use for the > Verituner, miscellaneous > felt, a small box of punchings, an Acrilikey kit, > some sheets of sandpaper > in a small slip pouch, a variety of liquids on small > applicator bottles, > and a spare few parts that I seems to need from time > to time. Everything > is held in these plastic boxes that disposable wipes > come in (very handy > boxes left over from when my kids were younger). > The outer pallets hold a > variety of tools. I, too, keep editing down the kit > as it tends to get > heavy. I do carry a set of fold up wheels in the > car for times when I > can't park right in front of the customer's house. > I keep a separate > stringing kit in the car with a whole range of wire > and various stringing > tools. One other thing I keep in the kit is a few > sample hammers glued > onto shanks for slipping quickly into the piano to > demonstrate to customers > how awful their worn out hammers sound. Live > demonstrations can be quite > effective. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Bill Ballard <yardbird@vermontel.net> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Date: 9/7/2003 6:41:08 AM > > Subject: Re: What type of Tool Case do you use?? > > > > At 1:42 PM -0700 9/6/03, David Love wrote: > > >Jensen offers a variety of nice cases depending > on your needs. I use the > > >one below, a triple sided cordura case. > > > > I've use Jensen cordura bags for nearly twenty > years, and my last one > > was the double-sided (216-301). (Triple-sided, > David? Does yours hold > > four pallets or six?) At least with Jensen, you > can buy the bag and > > the pallets separately, when one or the other > craps out. The zippers > > on the bags would fails at odd intervals (anywhere > from 15 months to > > 4 years). and the pallets pouch would tear because > I would insist on > > cramming as many tools in a single pouch as I > could. (Two or three > > pliers nesting into each other in one large plier > pouch. In a pouch > > normally made for a single screwdriver handle, I > stuff 6-8 small > > tools: an LO wrench, a 15/64" open-end wrench, > brass punch for string > > seating, rachet offset screwdriver, double-ended > spinet capstan > > wrench, 5/16 box/open-end wrench.....you get the > puncture). > > > > I actually had a brand new Genck case for two > weeks ago year ago (go > > look it up in the archives: Fri, 4 Oct 2002--RE: > Genck Tool Case). A > > beautiful case but its pallets were too limiting. > Bruce Genck put > > alot of thought into his pallet design, but my > transfer from four > > pallets to two wasn't going to work with his > design. So I returned it > > to Schaff (as I warned them I might). > > > > There was also John Ross's LowePro Nova 5, but my > problem was not > > carrying more tools but less. After 30 years of > tuning, it's not my > > ears which complain after a long hard day, but my > hands and wrists. > > After setting the tool bag in front of piano #1, > the morning after a > > long hard day, the hand which carried in the bag > had a low burning > > feeling. Part of that was the one arm/hand swing > I'd used to get the > > bag on the passenger seat of my car to follow me > out the driver side > > door. But the majority of that was the weight of > my accumulating > > collection of tools. > > > > I continued on with my aging Jensen double-side > bag, until mid-June > > this summer when I happened by a yard sale, with > two laptop bags. > > One, a Targas, I bought for $1, and gave to my son > (a long-overdue > > gift allowing him to his laptop move out of a > cloth bag.) The second > > one had a Mac PB2300c. I talked the price down > from $25 to $15 > > because of a missing power converter. The light > bulb went on when I > > discovered that the Jensen pallets would drop > right into my laptop > > bag. The real delight was the shoulder strap which > placed the weight > > of the bag in the small of my back. I'm still in > the "tool histogram" > > survey to settle for once and for all, what gets > to live on those > > two pallets (laying one on top of the other, no > structural > > separators). But with four "full-bag" dimension > pockets in the top > > half of the bag, I've got room to spare. So much > so that the total > > weight may creep right back up into the "danger > zone". > > > > So that's my story and I'm sticking to it. (Better > ramble than rant, > right?) > > > > Bill Ballard RPT > > NH Chapter, P.T.G. > > > > "So, I hear you like baked goods" > > ...........A new customer, very happy to see > me > > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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