The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, October 12 starting at 7 PM at:

This month's speakers will be Northeast Regional Vice President Paul Kupelian and Gerry Gravina from the Suffolk Chapter. They will be discussing the proposed classification changes in the PTG.

The Executive Committee will meet at 5 PM at the Cheesecake Factory Restaurant in the Food Court on the second floor of the Fortunoff Mall, prior to the general meeting.

I was recently called to "repair" and "reassemble" an old grand (refinished / no name). Apparently the finisher and movers had removed and lost many parts, and pieces of hardware. Notably, the pedal rods and music desk rails were missing, and needed to be exceptionally long and thick - like none I had ever seen before. None of the replacements available from the supply houses were applicable. A bit of research on the internet turned up a valuable resource I thought I should pass along to all my fellow technicians. Southern Tool Steel, Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee stocks brass, steel, copper, bronze, carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, titanium, and other alloys in rods, tubes, sheets, bars, plates, pipes, and other forms, and will sell as few as one piece. Also available are other materials such as Teflon, acrylic, nylon, polycarbonate, nphenolic, polyethylene, polyester, styrene, vinyl, etc. Contact: Samantha Neal at 1-800-647-5188. A catalogue is available.