Piano Technicians Guild
Oklahoma Chapter Minutes

May 20, 2004

Meeting opened 8:45am.

Invocation given by Gary Bruce.

Minutes were read, corrected and accepted after Ben Davis made it a point that he did not receive a bridle strap inserter from Bob Scheer.

The okchap archive site was mentioned. All past material was requested to be submitted to Keith for archival purposes.
www.kamcam.com/~okchap/

Treasurer’s report: $4,095.94.

Next meeting: June 17th, Thursday, 8:30am

Slate of Officers for July 2004 thru June 2005:
Bob Scheer, President
Ben Davis, Vice President
Keith McGavern, Secretary
Gary Bruce, Treasurer
Barbara Bonham, Newsletter
Motion made, seconded and vote was unanimous to accept this slate.

Norman Cantrell was selected as delegate.
$325 was the amount for the per diem thing.

Vertical action model cost: $155
Grand action model: $200
Stringing jig: $?
Motion made, seconded and vote was unanimous to purchase the above 3 items for chapter testing purposes.

The John Hartman issue was briefly discussed. The Journal may be somewhat lacking in artwork for awhile due to his announcement of terminating his graphic services as of May this year.

OMTA ad was submitted by Norman and approved by Ben Davis for $65.

Newsletter report: Please submit tips, ideas and/or articles.

Technical was given by Don Ekonen, Violin Maker, who happens to be Barbara Bonham’s earth father. If you weren’t there, you definitely missed a spectacular presentation. Don has been involved with violin making since 12 years old when he made his first one from scratch without nary a inkling as to how.

He brought his tools, jigs and two of his gorgeous instruments for show. Greg Lynch played one of the violins briefly, and I assure you, the sound easily rivaled the appearance in every respect.

A true master of his craft he clearly is. Those present certainly are glad they were there. Thank you, Don, for your presence in our midst.

There were 16 persons and one pooch in attendance:
Bob Scheer, Don Bonds, Bob Qualls, Bob Hefner, Gary Bruce, Keith & Carol McGavern, Norman Cantrell, Greg Lynch, David, & Barbara Bonham, Ben Davis, Dave Scroggins, Shem Taggart, Bob Hefner, Don Ekonen and Goliath.

Respectfully submitted,
Keith McGavern, RPT
Chapter Secretary