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Just ran across this and thought I would share for those who haven't seen this cool tool kit:  ![[Linked Image]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W6ac_2xFrvI/T5qdhhwacQI/AAAAAAAAJJE/5yF-gDQr280/s1600/Studley.jpg)
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Very cool. What's the price tag on this thing?
I guess it's assumed you would keep your tuning lever elsewhere . . .
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It's an antique in private collection now.... here's some more information on the kit: Studley Tool Kit History ps. Tuning lever??? I guess he was more of a piano cabinent worker than a tuner...
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The Studley is very studly!
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I've seen it.
The guy was a piano builder. (Worked in a factory).
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I have had the rare opportunity to not only see it, but "play" with it, exploring the different layers of tools, the various drawers and compartments, the latches, knobs and locks which keep everything in place. A truly magnificent piece, or rather, 3-D puzzle of hundreds of pieces.
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It is amazing what people would do back before television was invented.
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I think that piece should be in the Smithsonian.
Everybody spot the Masonic symbol he worked in?
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Shoot, I was hoping it was for sale.
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I think that piece should be in the Smithsonian.
It was there for a little bit: "Studley was well into his 80s when he retired from the piano company. Before he died in 1925, Studley gave the tool chest to a friend. That man's grandson, Peter Hardwick, loaned the chest to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s and later sold it to a private collector in the Midwest. That owner again sold the tool chest to another private collector, where it now resides."
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This man was a Craftsman in more ways than one.
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Can't help wonder, how heavy is it?
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Can't help wonder, how heavy is it?
"Considering how many tools it holds, the famous chest is really quite small;when closed, it is just 9 in. deep, 39 in. high, and just more than 18 in. wide. Yet it houses so many tools -- some 300 -- so densely packed that three strong men strain to lift it."[/i]
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And another piece that intrigued me: For every tool, Studley fashioned a holder to keep it in place and to showcase it. Miniature wrenches, handmade saws, and some still unidentified piano-making tools each have intricate inlaid holders. Still unidentified piano-making tools?
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Can't help wonder, how heavy is it?
"Considering how many tools it holds, the famous chest is really quite small;when closed, it is just 9 in. deep, 39 in. high, and just more than 18 in. wide. Yet it houses so many tools -- some 300 -- so densely packed that three strong men strain to lift it."[/i] Ah, so this was back in the day when a man had the strength of 3 current day men... 
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I'm guessing he didn't do house calls.
"Imagine it in all its primatic colorings, its counterpart in our souls - our souls that are great pianos whose strings, of honey and of steel, the divisions of the rainbow set twanging, loosing on the air great novels of adventure!" - William Carlos Williams
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Here's a good video on it: YouTube link
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Here's a little indication of the world of Mr. Studley. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/poolepiano150.jpg) It was a totally different world and craftsmanship was king. (For a grin, check out the destination of the instrument. It is soooo Milwaukee!)
Marty in Minnesota
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