The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, November 9 starting at 7 p.m.

This month's technical speaker will be Keith Bowman, RPT, Northeast Regional Vice President of the Piano Technicians Guild. His class is titled "How to Make an Upright Action Model from Scratch".

The Hailun Piano factory has been making our upright action models for a number of years. Due to changes in factories and management, it became necessary to re-train the workers to ensure compliance with our PTG standards. In May 2019, I went to the Hailun Piano Factory with Mike Carraher, RPT. We spent two weeks there assembling a master reference model from raw materials, hardware and pre-finished cabinet parts, with very few tools. How did we do it?

Keith Bowman, RVP Bio

Full-time piano technician and member of PTG for 40 years, and woodworker for over half a century. Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Conference (1995). Exhibitor, tool and fixture maker for Renner USA for 20 + years, and currently supplying the Renner Academy. Factory consultant for Hailun Pianos; PTJ contributor; CTE for 20 years and in re-training; CET. Maker of Golden Hammer Award, 15 years. Former (with Mike Carraher, RPT) maker of Technical Exam repair fixtures and the Tuning Exam Thumper. PTG Institute instructor. Awards: National Piano Foundation, N.E. Regional (trade relations), Member of Note, 3 Presidential Citations. Currently serving on the PTG Board of Directors as NERVP.

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.