Happy New Year to all our members and friends!

The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 starting at 7 p.m. at Frank and Camille's new showroom location:

Please note: Frank and Camille's closes at 8 p.m. The meeting must begin promptly.

This month's technical class will be given by Brian Whiton, RPT of the New York City Chapter PTG. Brian is known to us for his recent 3-part series of articles in the Journal. The topic has not yet been announced.

The Executive Committee will meet prior to the general meeting at 5 p.m. at the Majestic Diner, 498 Old Country Road, opposite Fortunoff's.

We wish a speedy recovery to Lee Dobrins following his recent surgery.

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The December meeting was our annual Holiday Party held on Tuesday evening, December 8, 2015 at Tesoro Ristorante in Westbury. Consequently, there are no minutes this month.

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A simple, quick, and effective method to correct a warped keyslip which is binding against the keyfronts, is to tap a large metal thumbtack into the front of the keyframe. Insert it to the depth necessary to achieve adequate clearance. The advantage of this method over using cardboard or front rail punchings as spacers is that the keyframe is only in contact with the polished surface of the thumbtack at one tangential point. This therefore minimizes friction when using the una corda shift pedal. This is thus similar to the use of keyframe glide bolts.