2007 Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention & Technical Institute
2007 Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention & Technical Institute
2007 Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention & Technical Institute
June 20 - 24, 2007 • Kansas City, Missouri
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COME CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIANO TECHNICIANS GUILD!!

Institute

New this year!
• 90 Tips in 90 Minutes
with Allan Gilreath
• Body Mechanics of Career Stability and Sustain
with Pack Matthews
• Celebrating the Extraordinary Ear
with Diane Hofstetter
• Come to Stabile
with Jim Kozak
• Concert Preparation
with The Bechstein Team
• Epoxy Repairs for Bridges and Soundboards
with Walter Connell
• Getting the Hang of Hanging Hammers
Richard Davenport
• Is Perfect Possible or Necessary
with Mitch Kiel and Richard Davenport
Making and Playing a Cristofori Copy
with Ed Good, Tom Wolf and Barbara Wolf
Manufacturers Panel Discussion and
Piano Showcase
Piano Microphone Placement for Live Sound Reinforcement
with Keith and Aaron Kopp
Piano Service: Businesses of Today
with Ruth and Webb Phillips
• Pianos for Fun and Profit (or Loss)
with John Gallen
• Replacing the Renner Back Action
with Jude Reveley
• Selling the Grand Rebuild
with Jude Reveley
• Shank Repairs Made Easy
with Mike Kurta
Smoke Damage Restoration
with Dave Swartz
• The Concert Piano Technician
with Steve Brady
• Tool Sharpening
with Walt Connell
Troubleshooting Action Regulation
with James Kozak
Tuning Your Customer
with Mike Kurta
Upright Wednesday
with Wally Brooks and Amy Tiernan
• Veneering: Repair and Techniques
with David Snyder
• Whole Tone, Open String Tuning
with David Andersen
• Your Shop Can Make New Keys
with Rick and John Butler

Classes by topic
All-Day Wednesday
(E) All-Day with Steinway & Sons
(I) Two-Day Hands On Grand Action Renovation
Limit 30.  Pre-registration required.
(I) A Master Class in Kawai Voicing
(E)  Upright Wednesday
RPT Exam Prep Classes (Each class is all-day
Wednesday; space is limited; pre-registration
required along with the appropriate completed form
and $50 before June 1, $65 after May 31)
1) Preparing to Take the RPT Technical Exam
Bring your own tools - repair materials provided.
2) Preparing to Take the RPT Tuning Exam
Bring your tuning hammer and ETD. 

Business 
(E) Estimates and Appraisals
(E) Piano Service: Businesses Of Today
(E) Pianos for Fun & Profit (or Loss)
(E) Selling the Grand Rebuild
(E) Tuning Your Customer

College & University Technicians
(E) "CAUT 101: Getting Organized"
(E) Conservation: Antique Pianos and the Modern Technician
(E) Education Through Conservation
(E) Mentoring Students in the University Setting
Creating a Piano Technology Encyclopedia:
An Online Resource for Piano Technicians

Design
(E) A Conceptual Adventure of Directional Forces
(E) Manufacturers Panel Discussion
(E) Modern Soundboard Design

Health
(E) Celebrating The Extraordinary Ear
(E) The Body Mechanics of Career Stability and Sustain

History
(E) Making and Playing a Cristofori Copy
(E) Truth Revealed!  Investigate with High-Speed Video

Player Systems
(E) Bosendorfer Ceus System Service Class,
(B) Hands on Lab for PianoDisc Maintenance,
Class Limit: 14  You must pre-register for this class
(E) Pneumatic Player Piano Service/Repair/Rebuilding,
(E) Servicing the Mark IV Disklavier,

Rebuilding
(E) Deeper Bass Strings,
Epoxy Repairs for Bridges and Soundboards.
(E) Getting the Hang of Hanging Hammers,
(E) Lyres, Posts & Pedals,
(A) Replacing the Renner Back Action,
(I) Restringing from Single to Complete Restringing,
(E) Replacing the Bridgecap (Without Removing the Plate),
Tool Sharpening - Methods, Tricks and Techniques,
(B) Veneering: Repair and Techniques

Service, Repair and Maintenance 
(E) 90 Tips in 90 Minutes
(B) Efficient Hammer Shaping
(E) Grand Dampers
(B) Hands-On Interactive Grand Regulation
This class will be an eight session
multi-day class, meeting for two periods a day.
Limit 30, pre-registration is required. $85 fee.
(E) Key Recovering & Repairs
(E) Knot Now…..(I Have a Headache!)
(E) Mason & Hamlin Factory Grand Regulation Class
(I) Piano Microphone Placement for Live Sound
Reinforcement.....A Piano Technician’s Perspective

(B) Regulating the Steinway Grand Damper System
(B, I) Regulating the Vertical Pian,
(E) Smoke Damage Restoration for Pianos and Odor Control
(E) Troubleshooting Action Regulation: Solving Problems
Without Starting at Square One
(E) Turbocharging the Vertical Piano:
High Performance Vertical Regulation

(E) Vertical Madness,
(E) Your Shop Can Make New Keys,

Tuning
(B) The Basics of Tuning
(E) Come to the Stabile
(E) Electronic Tunings Customized with Aural Checks
(E) The Fundamentals of Piano Tuning
(E) Intro to the Smarter RCT and Pocket RCT,
(E) Is Perfect Possible or Necessary
(I) Let the Piano Tell You
(E) Tune Lab: Principles and Practice
(E) Tuning and Inharmonicity
(A) Tuning at a Professional Level
(E) Tuning with the Verituner
(A) Whole-Tone, Open String Tuning;
Advanced Listening Skills
(B) Tuning Tutoring


Voicing & Concert Work
(I,A) The Concert Piano Technician
(B,I) Concert Preparation
(E) Voicing: Inspiring Tone
(I) Voicing and Concert Prep with Bosendorfer
(I) Voicing Tutoring

Mini Techs (Each lasts 45 minutes)
(E) Action Frame Diagnosis & Repair
(B, I) Clicks, Clacks, Squeaks, & Groans
(I) Grand Action Keyframe Bedding
(B) Move It!
(E) Shank Repairs Made Easy

RPT Examination Preparation
Introduction to the RPT Written Exam
Introduction to the RPT Tuning Exam

Introduction to the RPT Technical Exam

RPT Exam Preparation All-Day
Wednesday Seminars
• Preparing to Take the RPT Tuning Exam (Hands-on)
Preparing to Take the RPT Technical Exam

RPT Examiner Training
Tuning Examiner Training
Technical Examiner Training



Skill Stations
Attend the presentation, then stay for
the next class session to practice the skill
Pneumatic Player Piano
Service/Repair
• Replacing the Bridgecap
• Restringing from Single to
Complete Restringing
• Tool Sharpening - Methods,
Tricks & Techniques
• Efficient Hammer Shaping
• Key Recovering & Repairs
• Knot Now...(I Have a Headache!)
• Turbocharging the Vertical Piano
• Vertical Madness
• Voicing: Inspiring Tone

• Bosendorfer - Voicing & Concert Prep
• Shan
k Repairs Made Easy


Instructors
Anne Acker 
Werner Albrecht
David Andersen
James Arledge, RPT
Fredy Atcheson
David Betts, RPT
Stephen Birkett
Wim Blees, RPT
Andre Bolduc, RPT
Christian Bolduc
Steve Brady, RPT
Bill Brandom, RPT
Ferdinand Bräu
Bill Bremmer, RPT
Wally Brooks, RPT
Paul Brown, RPT
Mark Burgett
Jim Busby, RPT
John Butler
Rick Butler, RPT
Dave Campbell, RPT
Bruce Clark
Jim Coleman Sr., RPT
Walter Connell, RPT
Alan Crane, RPT
Debbie Cyr, RPT
Richard Davenport, RPT
John Dewey
Michael Drost, RPT
LaRoy Edwards, RPT
Ken Eschete, RPT
Nevin Essex, RPT
Ann Fell RPT
Rick Florence, RPT
John Gallen
Anne Garee, RPT
Jim Geiger, RPT
Allan Gilreath, RPT
Edwin Good
Diane Hofstetter
Roger Jolly
Joel Jones, RPT
Audrey Karabinus, RPT
Mitch Kiel, RPT
Aaron Kopp
Keith Kopp, RPT
James Kozak, RPT
Mike Kurta, RPT
Laurence Libin
Carl Lieberman, RPT
Herb Lindahl, RPT
Bob Marinelli, RPT
Don Mannino, RPT
Jamie Marks, RPT
Pack Matthews, RPT
Alan McCoy, RPT
Dan McElrath, RPT
Ben McKlveen, RPT
Norman Neblett, RPT
Eric Nikiforoff, RPT
Paul Olsen, RPT
Terry Otake
Ruth Phillips, RPT
Sally Phillips
Webb Phillips, RPT
Marc Poulin, RPT
David Reed, RPT
Jude Reveley, RPT
Dean Reyburn, RPT
John Rhodes, RPT
Paul Sanderson
Merle Sanford
Carl Sauter
Ulrich Sauter
Eric Schandall, RPT
Robert Scott
David Snyder 
Chris Solliday, RPT
Darren Speir, RPT
Leon Speir, RPT
David Stanwood, RPT
Jack Stebbins, RPT
Israel Stein RPT
Fred Sturm, RPT
Ed Sutton, RPT
Dave Swartz, RPT
Amy Tiernan, RPT
Martin Wisenbaker, RPT
Barbara Wolf
Thomas Wolf
Jack Wyatt, RPT
Michael Zarate, RPT

Piano Technicians Guild • 4444 Forest Avenue • Kansas City, KS 66106
(913) 432-9975 • www.ptg.org • ptg@ptg.org