Weighty tools

[Thomas Cole]

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Sounds like a sensible plan, Debbie. Part of my problem is that the kit 
weighs 14 lbs before I load in the tools! As I'm getting longer in the 
tooth, I may have to downsize.

I do have several different cases in the car for the more infrequent 
repair procedures (but nothing as extensive as Isaac Sadigursky). I like 
keeping the glues and lubes separate from other tools and supplies in a 
small cooler (except one small white glue bottle goes in the main kit). 
Strings and stringing tools are in a tool box, repining and many of my 
regulating tools in a tackle box. Vacuum and cleaning implements are in 
a large tool box. A couple of two-sided fishing boxes carry small parts, 
another tool box is for a drill motor, drills and various repair tools, 
and a large plastic container stores Cory products for sale and caster 
cups.

Filling the interstices between the cases are a piano-lifting crowbar 
(for installing the caster cups), a key-leveling straightedge, and 
whatever didn't fit in the above. A moving blanket covers all the cases 
and provides a bed for transporting actions.

Always in search of a better tool case...
Tom Cole

pianolady50@peoplepc.com wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> Okay, minus the 5lb. laptop, we're still not close!  I carry all I 
> need for tuning and regulating.  The repair stuff stays behind in the 
> truck unless I know about the type of repair ahead of time.  Even so, 
> it still travels in a different container (kit).  I have a "stick um 
> and slick um" kit, a various and sundry small parts kit, string kit, 
> and a (doesn't always travel with me) player piano kit.
> Debbie
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Thomas Cole <mailto:tcole@cruzio.com>
>     To: Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
>     Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:30 PM
>     Subject: Re: Weighty tools
>
>     Debbie,
>
>     My kit weighs in the neighborhood of 50 lbs and I don't see it
>     losing weight soon. My case caries my 5 lb laptop and all tuning
>     and frequently used voicing, regulating and repairing tools. I'm
>     reluctant to make a trip out to the car to get a commonly used
>     regulating tool, for example. 
>     Tom Cole
>
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