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

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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
• Shank Repairs Made Easy

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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