The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, Tuesday March 9, 2021 starting at 7 p.m. For everyone's safety, we will be holding this meeting remotely via Zoom. To participate, make sure you have Zoom installed on your device: download Zoom

You will receive an invitation by e-mail early on the day of the meeting with a reminder shortly before the meeting.

Our technical speaker is Christian Bolduc, President, Pianos Bolduc, Montreal, Canada.
Topic: Recapping the Vertical Bass Bridge w/o Removing the Plate
Is having to pull the plate putting you off? Christian demonstrates an easy way to replace split bridge caps on uprights without using epoxy or other glues to fix bridge pin problems. Learn how to build a jig over the plate to remove the old cap and glue the new one on. This technique can also be applied to grand pianos.
Pianos Bolduc Company:
Founded in 1978 as a piano restoration business, PIANOS BOLDUC has grown and developed over thirty years into an institution known world wide for its White Spruce Soundboards, Maple Pinblock and superior quality components, as well as other products used in the manufacture and restoration of fine pianos. PIANOS BOLDUC also makes unique custom tools for piano technicians and rebuilders and offers an online parts-catalogue, technical support and full-rebuilding service.
PianosBolduc.com
Christian Bolduc Bio:
Christian Bolduc is a technician/bellyman specializing in soundboards and pinblocks. Following his studies at Ecole du Meuble de Victoriaville to become a fine cabinet and furniture maker, he spent a full year at the Schimmel factory in Braunschweig, Germany studying piano structure and design. His combined understanding of wood and design has made him an expert in his niche. He is a constant searcher for new ideas and methods to make your rebuilding projects easier. Christian is the president and owner of Pianos Bolduc.

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The Zoom meeting was called to order by Mike Slavin at 7 p.m. Eight members were present.

Jurgen Goering of Piano Forte supply in British Columbia presented the technical.

Jurgen was born in Canada but moved back to Germany at a young age. He learned the piano trade in Germany. His business specializes in felt and cloth for pianos. He next gave us a demo on how his felt is cut.

Next was shown a string setting tool. very ingenious device. Other quality voicing products were shown.

Meeting ended with an open discussion. If interested in contacting Jurgen go to pianofortesupply.com .

The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

Side note: Many informative presentations are presented by the PTG home office through Zoom. Two of interest were Cyborg tuning, which had over 100 members zoomed in. The other was Verituner, given by its creator, Dave carpenter. Both very informative and useful.

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When servicing the keyboard on the older Baldwin Hamilton, for such repairs as a broken keystick, rebushing, key level and dip, balance hole easing, etc., use your extendable tuning lever as a prop to keep the fallboard up and out of the way.