The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, September 12 starting at 7 p.m.

This month's meeting will be held at the workshop of President Michael Slavin, at:

This month's technical class will be given by our good friend of the Chapter, Alex Kostakis of AC Pianocraft. Alex will share his expertise on two Steinway related topics:

• Regulating the Steinway sostenuto
• The complexities of backchecks – long vs. short, backcheck angle, and checking distance and height

We hope everyone will join us for dinner prior to the meeting at 5 p.m. at:

The restaurant is located in the middle of the shopping center, which is between Herricks Road and Marcus Avenue.

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The June meeting was our season-end dinner party, which was held on Tuesday evening June 13, 2017 at Stella's Ristorante in Floral Park. Consequently, there are no minutes this month.

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PLEASE NOTE The October meeting will be a special "field trip" to the Faust Harrison showroom in Manhattan for a presentation of four specially prepared Fazioli pianos, including a rare art case edition. The meeting will be on Tuesday evening October 10, and further details will appear in next month's newsletter. Please set aside the date to join us, and familiarize yourselves with these wonderful instruments.

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