On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>wrote: > Good evening, > > I am ready to upgrade my current stringing case to something better. The > one I have now I purchased at home depot. I carry all the sizes of plain > wire and tools in it. I have been unhappy with it since I got it, but has > gotten me by. > > I would love to purchase a well designed case that has been proven as a > sufficient case to carry strings and tools. > > I tried searching the archives, but all the results I got was mostly string > leveling. > > What I would also like to do once I get a suitable case, is purchase a > smaller pouch to keep inside the main case. The pouch would contain all > tools necessary for bass string replacement. So if duty calls, I can just > grab the pouch instead of carrying the big string case inside. > > I am curious as to what has been all your experiences with the stringing > cases you use, and where to purchase them. > > Thank you much, > Matthew > I have a case similar to Conrad's, I used to use it for my toolcase. It's like a brifcase only aluminum clad with bumpers on all four corners. If you've ever seen a movie or TV show where the bad guys are handing over the money for a drug buy in a case, it looks kind of like that. I originally got mine at Sam's Club. As for a pouch for tools, I bought some pouchs about the size of bank bags(like stores use for night deposits) at Walmart for under $3 a piece. I keep my hammer shank replacement tools in one, my repinning tools in another and my string replacement tools in a 3rd. Only the specialty tools, obviously, I still have my screwdrivers, glue and pliers in my regular case. When I have to rplace a string, shank or center pin I can run out to my vehicle and grap the appropriate bag out of my backup bag without having to rummage around. Good idea in Wisconsin winters! Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091029/b3c6e9e5/attachment-0001.htm>
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