Playing Piano with Balls

Good comedy and amazing juggling skills.

Frank French on Historical Temperaments

Click here to read the outline of Frank French's April technical.

The Coupled Motion of Piano Strings

A fascinating lecture on piano acoustics by G. Weinrich.

the piano

Lovely wordless animation combining music and the memories of a life.

(Most of the piano-related videos on YouTube seem to be virtuosic solo performances of music from video games!)

Adopt-a-Piano

I just heard about this site for finding or advertising a free piano: http://www.pianoadoption.com
I would still use the Free section of craigslist first.

Pacific Northwest Conference

Have you registered yet for the Pacific Northwest Conference (PNWC)?

Here are some things you might not have considered, but should.

There is a free shuttle from the airport to the hotel.

You get free continental breakfasts and free goodies during the breaks.

Activities include:

…a special JAZZ night opportunity to hear the amazing Ron Carter Trio on Tuesday night if you want to come in early (tickets are only $26.50), contact Vince Mrykalo at 801-375-1987.

…a conference opening reception sponsored by Renner on Wednesday night held at Rick Baldassin’s new piano store

…the Mormon Tabernacle Choir rehearsal, with us as their special guests, on Thursday night

…a performance of the world traveled American Piano Quartet at our banquet on Friday night

…an organ recital and tour of the world famous Mormon Tabernacle Organ on Saturday at noon

...activities planned for your spouse. Call Roberta Kopp 801-235-8077 for details and to make arrangements.

…one day class taught by Renner

…a full day hands-on Mastering the Fundamentals

…PTG tuning and technical exams

…classes taught by truly world class instructors. Several classes are being offered for the first time. You must visit www.pnwcptg.com to see who will be there.

…and for fun and money, we will have a Tools for Sell or Exchange table. Bring your extra tools along and trade or sell them. You might find something you can’t live without to buy. There will be no charge to participate.

Do you realize you only have until March 20^th to register to avoid late registration fees?

Online registration at the above mentioned website or contact:

Skip Livingston at 801-756-9400 or skipl@afcity.net

See you in Salt Lake City,

Keith Kopp, RPT

Student needs help

Mark,
One of my recent tuning jobs was on a baby grand that will need new felts in
the dampers. I would like to watch one of the RPTs do that so I can be properly
ready for the job. Could you put a note out to the members for them to call me
if they can show me that work? I will not be able to go to the meeting tomorrow
night.
530-822-0134

Thank you very much for your help.

Don Pitter

A laser pointer is great for showing your customer something inside their piano. This is a combination pointer/LED flashlight/pen I got at Walgreen's (where I get everything).
A laser point is also the best cat toy.

Tips and tricks for your cell phone

Click here for full article. Thanks to Roxanne Miller.