Multiple tool kits

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

Greetings,

          Yes. This is a controversial and preference thing. I am in business 
3 years. I started out with one bag, carrying almost EVrything. After a year 
or so of this, I separated into 2 bags one for tuning and comon repairs and 
another for stringing, regulating and center pinning. Now with my newest 
addition, which is a liquid/solvents bag, it is 3 bags:

one bag for tuning and common fixes - pen, pencil, bus cards, invoices, sm. 
pad of notepaper, tuning hammer, fork, mutes, tweezers, telescope extension 
magnet, long and short slotted screw drivers, one long long action driver, one 
phillips driver, a rag, sm.Elmers wood glue, sm. Elmer's PVC-E glue, sm. CA 
glue, very small vial WD40, sm bot alcohol solution, medical syringe, sm tube 
lanolin, voicing tool in a wallet that has ultra small driver & needles, wire 
cutter, 2 types capstan wrenches, comb handlew/ let-off tip &, pin straightening 
tip,  key easing tool, awl, small files, sandpaper, masking tape, and flash 
light, furniture pen (med dark), pair of magnifier glasses, needle nose pliers 
and needle nose vice grips, about 20 clamp clothes pins, a small 2" x 3" x 6" 
box of just a few sundries (felt pcs/toothpicks/sm. springs/copper 
wire/popscicle sticks/sm pcs. sheet metal/action screws/wood shim veneer/razor blade/felt & 
card board punchings)  and last but not least, 2 pristeen, white washcloths 
for putting between the raised lid of piano and the customer's wall. 

one bag for deep regulation and stringing - comb. handle, regulation tips, 
box of diff sized punchings saw, strings,  stringing tools, drill bits, fine 
drivers, rulers, micrometer, center pins & pinning tools. hammer but remover. 
pliers, hammers.

and one bag for solvents/liquids more glues, lacquer solutions etc 

in the trunk forever: small vac w/ all attatchments, 2 wooden blocks, clean 
bed sheet, more clean rags, pledge dusting wipes, box of old upright parts (for 
klunkers)...(stickers/wippens/hammer heads etc) and a plastic compartmented 
box of newer stuff like various sized screws, desk knob pairs, rubber buttons, 
flanges, more felt pcs., bridle tapes, sm. washers, lock washers, bridge pins 
etc.  

THe only reason I give you a blow by blow of whats in the bag, is because, it 
is difficult to not carry much in a "common fixes" bag, and help you decide 
on the presonal preference issues of what to carry. What you decide to run to 
the car for is a personal preference. I hate running out to the car for small 
stuff so I carry all that stuff in my "tuning" bag.    

Hope this helps;
Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA 



In a message dated 5/19/2006 12:12:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
michelle at cdaustin.com writes:
I know this has been discussed previously but I can't seem to find it  
in the archives.  I'm about to venture out into the world with this  
bag of tools and it weighs a TON.  Because I will have access to my  
vehicle, I like the idea of using smaller kits for different types of  
repair jobs.  (Lighter bag plus letting the customer know that  
certain repairs are not part of the "standard" tuning visit.)  Can  
someone provide a list of the different types of kits you keep  
available?

Because some tools are needed in multiple kits, do you find it easier  
to duplicate tools or keep a kit of "must-haves"?

Thanks for humoring my obsessive tendencies.  =)

Michelle Smith
Bastrop, Texas
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