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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
This Month's Meeting
Lowell Wakker RPT teaching the group about using tools properly and safely.
Everyone paying close attention as...
...Lowell demonstrates how to handle a radial arm saw.
This is a jig for safely guiding a thin piece of wood through a table saw.
Click the picture for a closer view. These are Lowell's sketches on how to properly sharpen twist drills - otherwise known as drill bits. Thank you, Lowell, for the great job teaching this class.
Thanks for your presentation Lowell! It's so nice to have such a great teacher in our chapter. One of these days I'll attempt to manufacture a voicing block with my table saw, using your technique.
Thanks to everyone for your gift to our family's new addition. The card was a complete surprise, and we can't thank you enough!
I would like to host the next meeting on 4/8/08. I would like to feature 2 pianos that I'm restoring: a 1790 Longman & Broderip square piano from London and a 1876 Stineway A which is getting a new back action and an upgraded sostenuto mechanism.
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Guest Speaker Technicals
Damper felt quality and usage with Karen Robinson
Dave Betts (mother lives in Thetford; could do any number of topics)
Tone building with Wally Brooks
Voicing master class with Chris Robinson: full day?
Voicing Technical with Marcell LaPlointe (Possibly May or June 2008)
Meeting Topics
Battling Humidity Swings (most effective methods)
Common Problems and solutions for different pianos from around the world
Efficient Business Practices
Home Made Tools for special applications
How to compensate for poorly designed/constructed piano actions
How to get max performance from the uprights action.
How to make an action part from scratch and/or how action parts are made
Overhauling Trap-work/Which lubricants work where
Pitch discussion: What constitutes a pitch-raise? What’s the standard? How to deal with pitch raise, new vs. old pianos, pitch sources and how to use them
Quality re-capping of Bridges and bridge replacement
Stripped Screw Repair, Bench Repair, How repair improper repairs
The piano action: why is it designed the way it is? Led by Ed Hilbert
3 comments:
Thanks for your presentation Lowell! It's so nice to have such a great teacher in our chapter. One of these days I'll attempt to manufacture a voicing block with my table saw, using your technique.
Thanks to everyone for your gift to our family's new addition. The card was a complete surprise, and we can't thank you enough!
By the way, that last comment was from me, not vt ptg.
I would like to host the next meeting on 4/8/08. I would like to feature 2 pianos that I'm restoring: a 1790 Longman & Broderip square piano from London and a 1876 Stineway A which is getting a new back action and an upgraded sostenuto mechanism.
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