Why a Toolbag Rather Instead of a Toobox/Case

[Barbara Richmond]

Geeze, Mike.  First the cases break and now they're scratching and denting walls & furniture.  What <are> you doing with them?  <very big grin>

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Magness 
  To: Pianotech List ; caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:23 PM
  Subject: Why a Toolbag Rather Instead of a Toobox/Case


  I originally posted this in response to the 18" x 12-3/4" X 6"  aluminum case post of yesterday. As I thought about it( Is it just me or do most of you think well while tuning?) it occured to me that my reasons might be of more general interest. 


  My decision to not continue with the aluminum cases was not just the lack of quality but the concern for front doors, furniture, etc.
  A hard case raises a liability issue since the case and its attachments(hinges, d-rings,rivets, corner tabs) are just that, hard and can therefore scratch doors, furniture, pianos. No matter how careful you try to be, accidents can and do happen. I was taught by a wise tech who told us to always put your case on the floor, never on a chair, table, bench, always the floor. However chair legs, sofa fronts(the wooden kind) piano legs, china cabinets, grandfather/mother clocks etc. are all in close proximity, frequently, of the piano and can be bumped, scratched, dented by a hard case. 
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  Mike
  -- 
  The way some people find fault, you'd think there was some kind of reward. 
  Michael Magness
  Magness Piano Service
  608-786-4404
  www.IFixPianos.com
  email mike at ifixpianos.com 
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