Tool Boxes, etc.

[John Ross]

Reminds me of a list a friend from Marietta, Georgia made up. (Hi Roger)
You might be a Redneck Piano Tech if .......
Your toolbox has an STP sticker on it.
Your OLD tackle box is your NEW tool box.
I sent the whole list to the Humor list back at that time.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Tool Boxes, etc.


> Stelter said:
> "I keep mine in cheap plastic toolboxes....yadayada"
> I was going to pass this one up, but.....I can't! There's no accounting
for
> taste. Gordon, you do have a valid point, in regard to "Cheap Plastic
> Toolboxes", don't appeal to thieves. However, the whole thing goes to
> efficiency and image. The compartmented high end tool kits, (I choose not
to
> call them boxes, which connotes, to me, greasy thumb type mechanics), lend
> to the efficiency in which we work. It also gives a client the idea that
we
> are organized and careful about all things, in regards to their piano,
home,
> etc. Yes, I have had my fancy Tool kits stolen! Once they cleaned me out
to
> the tune of $12K worth! (That's how much stuff I carry with me to the
> clients front door!) Yikes!<G> However, most was covered by insurance.
Yes,
> it was a pain in the butt, making the list of stolen items. Yes, it was
> almost like losing my first born. However, life goes on and I have
actually
> improved upon what was stolen. Ya needs to get some decent tool kits and
> improve yer image buddy!<G>
> Just my thoughts on poor tool cases.
> We had a "technician" that used to carry all his tools, raincoat,
goulashes,
> lunch and god knows what else, in 2 doubled shopping bags! He has since
> passed away, but the memory and stories linger on, in our chapter. This
> "technician" was an RPT! His work was very bad, even though he could tune
> well. I asked him about the shopping bags, once, and his answer was much
the
> same as yours, Gordon! Now, I'm not trying to pick a fight, but just
adding
> some insight into good Tool Kits. Use whatever kind of Tool Kit suits you,
> but consider, we, all, are trying to improve the image of our craft. This
is
> one way to do just that.
> Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares Are I
>
>
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