18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE

[John Ross]

I like you, use the aluminum cases for specialized purposes.
I found they didn't stand up to every day use, rivets pulled out of hinges etc.
Mind you, to be fair, I kept on putting more and more stuff in it.
I now use one for all the keybed refelting stuff. Another has my two scissor jacks and wooden blocks, used to support pinblocks, and lift grands to put on a truck, or work on the legs.
Having dedicated cases in a van, simplifies things.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barbara Richmond 
  To: Pianotech 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:36 PM
  Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE


  Hi,

  I use aluminum cases; I like the way they stack for hauling on my luggage cart (see October's Journal).  A couple of mine are over twenty years old and were originially marketed as cam-corder cases.  They cost more than the one listed below; I'm not sure how different in quality they are.  I haven't had to have the clasps or hinges replaced, but I did have to have a new handle put on the first one fairly early on.  At that time I was working at a music store that did band instrument repair, so I just took it to the instrument tech, who also repaired instrument cases.

  I also use a couple cheaper ones that I got within the last few years--one from Harbor Freight another from Home Depot, for some specialized stuff, so I don't open them as often.  I like the way my stuff fits in them, how they fit in my van, and they fit neatly in a relatively small space in my house when I've unloaded them from the van for the night.  


  Barbara Richmond, RPT
  near Peoria, Illinois
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Michael Magness 
    To: Pianotech List 
    Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:11 PM
    Subject: Re: 18'' x 12-3/4'' x 6'' ALUMINUM CASE




    On 10/31/07, Hechler Family <dahechler at charter.net> wrote: 
      Here is what I use for everything: tool case, player piano case,
      "stringing" case,

      http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39196


     
    Hi,

    I used this same case for a few years, I found the hinges gave out on the top rather quickly especially if you put tools in the pockets rovided for same, followed by the d-ring attachments on the side where the shoulder strap attaches. 
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