Piano Technicians Guild
Oklahoma Chapter Minutes

August 19, 2004

Meeting was held at Edmond Music and started at 8:45am.

Gary Bruce gave the invocation.

The minutes were read and accepted.

Treasurer’s report: $3,133.76. The single note grand action, three note vertical action and the stringing jig have been purchased and are now in the Chapter’s possession for testing purposes.

Newsletter report: Request was made for submissions.

Dave Scroggins was accepted into membership. Congrats, Dave.

Discussions on the following took place:
Dampp-Chasers, Exam Center, Norman Cantrell aka Doctor Death is now CTE/TEC, Associate seminar, current chapter dues $40-45?, convention stuff, PianoDisc and grand actions, tuning tutoring, pianos for sale.

Be certain to check out the chapter archive site at
http://www.ptg.org/chapters/oklahoma/
For the last meeting


The technical presentation consisted of PTG’s long range planning mostly, plus a refinishing tip. There were numerous goals outlined in the long range planning. The one that seemed most predominant is working towards making the public aware of the Piano Technicians Guild and its efforts in raising the bar of piano service.

After the meeting those who remained were treated to a fellowship luncheon at the Dat Wo Restaurant (sp?) compliments of Mike Gilliam, Edmond Music.

Twelve persons were in attendance: David & Barbara Bonham, Gary Bruce, Norman Cantrell, Ben Davis, Greg Lynch, Keith McGavern, Bob Scheer, Matt Stanley, Shem Taggart, Dave Scroggins.

Hosted by Mike & Wanda Gilliam.

Respectfully submitted,
Keith McGavern, RPT
Chapter Secretary