Apr 6, 2013 ... Reservations: All payments will be at the door, not in advance. Please RSVP ...
Jim Faris, RPT
or. (206) 417-6303.
With Joel and Priscilla Rappaport Presented by the Seattle Chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild Saturday April 6, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Our Instructors: Joel and Priscilla have backgrounds that are quite unusual in their field. For over five years they worked in grand piano production in the Bechstein Factory in Berlin and the Bösendorfer factory in Vienna where their activities included all facets of the building, regulation, tuning, and voicing of grand pianos. They attended the school for piano builders in Ludwigsburg, Germany and passed the State Examinations for the Master Piano Builders Diploma at the Handwerkskammer in Stuttgart, the only two piano technicians in the U.S.A. to have done so. Today, Joel and Priscilla Rappaport operate Rappaport's Piano Workshop in Round Rock, Texas, and have rebuilt and serviced numerous concert grand pianos used in concert and recordings throughout Canada, the USA and Mexico. Prices for Seminar, including Lunch: • No charge Seattle Chapter PTG Member • $25 PTG Member, not Seattle • $50 Non-PTG Member
Reservations: All payments will be at the door, not in advance. Please RSVP by Wednesday April 3 so that we can order lunch for you. RSVP to: Jim Faris, RPT
[email protected] or (206) 417-6303. Location Stage 7 Pianos 511 6th Street South Kirkland, WA 98033. 425-269-4910
There will be Three Classes presented
“Burning & Traveling - What’s the Difference?” 1.5 hours Confused? These operations are used in spacing and alignment of the hammers to the strings. Methods of how and why this work affects regulation will be discussed and demonstrated. Techniques and standards of good hammer gluing will also be covered, since hammers must be glued properly in order to perform “Burning & Traveling” correctly.
“Holes - Drill ‘Em and Fill ‘Em” 3 hours Ever feel like you are just “plugging” along and not getting where you want to go fast enough? Well, this class is for you! Whenever you drill a hole in a piano you usually have to put something into it – right? Areas of interest include: Pinblocks, tuning pins, action holes, bushings, damper guide rails, holes in keys for weighing off the keys and much more. You can’t buy or sell a hole; you have to make them.
Grand Action Regulation” 1.5 hours Procedures – from the key bed up – for regulating a grand action. How to provide for stability of the regulation. Relationships and the order of the different steps. Choices of materials. How do we measure the end result? Freedom from specifications: they don’t always work!
Hotels The closest hotel is about 2 miles away. We suggest you go to www.yelp.com or www.hotels.com and look for hotels in Kirkland, WA.
Schedule 8:00 Doors open 8:15 Registration begins 9:00 Seminar starts 12:15 Lunch 4:15 Seminar ends
Join us Saturday, April 6, 2013 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Stage 7 Pianos, 511 6th Street South, Kirkland, WA 98033 From North Puget Sound: Where I-5 and I-405 split, take I-405 South towards Bellevue/Renton. Go 12 miles south and get off at Exit 17. At end of off ramp, turn left onto NE 68th St. and go .5 miles to 6th St. S. Turn right and go .5 miles to 511 6th St. S. It will be in a strip mall on your left (west). From Seattle: Take I-90 or SR 520 across Lake Washington. Go North on I-405 towards Renton/ Bellevue. Take Exit 17 (about 2.5 miles north of the SR 520 interchange). At end of off ramp turn a slight left onto 116th Ave NE. Turn left at the next light onto NE 70th Pl (which turns into NE 68th St.) go about .5 miles to 6th St. S. Turn right and go .5 miles to 511 6th St. S. It will be in a strip mall on your left (west). From South Puget Sound: Drive north on I-5 towards Seattle, merge onto I-405 North towards Renton/ Bellevue. Take Exit 17 (about 2.5 miles north of the SR 520 interchange). At end of off ramp turn a slight left onto 116th Ave NE. Turn left at the next light onto NE 70th Pl (which turns into NE 68th St.) go about .5 miles to 6th St. S. Turn right and go .5 miles to 511 6th St. S. It will be in a strip mall on your left (west).
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