Piano Technicians Guild
Oklahoma Chapter Minutes
January 20, 2005
Meeting was held at Larsen courtesy of Walt Myrick.
Call to order at 8:50am.
Invocation given by Keith McGavern
The minutes were read and accepted.
No treasurers report given.
Newsletter report: Contributions wanted.
Old business: None
Discussion was held by Ben Davis concerning future technicals. Some of the suggestions that came forth were 1) Grand damper replacement, 2) Adjust glide bolts, 3) Regulation
Ben gave the technical presentation. He covered items concerning sticking keys in spinet pianos and what might be some of the factors that could cause them.
Such things as lost motion, nested key bushings, bridle straps, rubber grommets, key leveling, etc. Technical was very informative with many contributing to the session.
Eleven persons were in attendance: Ben Davis, Bob Scheer, Norman Cantrell, Dave Scroggins, David & Barbara Bonham, Shem Taggrt, Bob Hefner, Nathan Sobel, Don Bonds.
Chapter archive site at
http://www.ptg.org/chapters/oklahoma/
For pics taken at this meeting
http://www.ptg.org/chapters/oklahoma/pics/2005p/january/20th.html
Respectfully submitted,
Keith McGavern, RPT
Chapter Secretary