Hi Matthew, You may want to contact Kim Hoessly in Columbus - she had a really nice custom case at the convention in Grand Rapids. It was big enough for wire, bass strings, and tools. Her contact information is in the PTG directory. Respectfully, Jon Ralinovsky ________________________________________ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Michael Magness [IFixPianos at yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:28 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Stringing Case On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net<mailto: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<http://www.IFixPianos.com> email mike at ifixpianos.com<mailto:mike at ifixpianos.com>
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