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FEBRUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER | www.phoenixptg.org
FEBRUARY CHAPTER MEETING
DATE/TIME: Mon, Feb 5, 2018 7:00PM LOCATION: Harmony House, 15229 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix,AZ 85032 CLASS: "Everything Upright: Essentials for a Vertical Viewpoint"by Lucas Hathcock, RPT
INTERESTED IN TEACHING A CLASS?
If you're interested in teaching a class, please emailBill Kaye, RPT, Phoenix PTG Vice President [email protected].
For some ideas, read "Ideas for PTG Chapter Technicals" byWim Blees, RPT.
GENERAL INFO
Access our Link List via links.phoenixptg.org. It now includes agrowing list of links to other PTG Chapter Websites.
Please email the Secretary via [email protected] to requestevents for the Chapter Calendar at calendar.phoenixptg.org or toprovide newsletter info.
View the list of our Chapter Library materials atlibrary.phoenixptg.org. Email the Librarian via [email protected] request materials (which will be brought to the next chaptermeeting).
NOVEMBER MEETING [11/6/2017]
OFFICIAL BUSINESSView the 11/2/2017 Treasurer's Report attr.phoenixptg.org
CLASS: "The Historical Without theHysterical: Temperament and Pitch" byJim Coleman, Sr., RPT humbly assisted byWes Flinn, RPT and Bill Kaye, RPT
Bill Kaye discussed temperament and historicalpitches and recommended the article A BriefHistory of Musical Tuning, Fidelio Magazine,Volume 1, #1, Winter 1991-92.
Wes Flinn discussed varieties of EqualTemperament (including some of Jim Coleman'stemperaments), mentioned how temperaments started out pure then people adjusted them bynecessity, plus he recommended several books for study.
Jim Coleman, Sr. demonstrated 4 varieties of equal temperament (Equal plus 1/7 Comma MeanTone, EBVT III and Coleman 11 found in Wes's handout) and also had Mark Purney try them outfor us. Then we all got to guess which temperament was on each piano.
Handout & References: www.phoenixptg.org/archive/handouts/201711HO.html
DECEMBER MEETING [12/4/2017]
We celebrated our Annual Holiday Dinner at Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ
JANUARY 2018 MEETING
No event was planned.
MEETING SCHEDULE
February 5th: Lucas Hathcock, RPT
March 5th: TBA
April 9th: TBA
May 7th: TBA
June 4th: TBA
July: No Chapter Meeting
61st Annual PTG Convention & Technical Institute
August: Summer Break
September 10th: TBA
OFFICERS
✉ President - Kevin Ramsey, RPT
✉ Vice President - Bill Kaye, RPT
✉ Secretary - Chad Mitchell
✉ Treasurer - Wendell Smock, RPT
✉ Librarian - Chad Mitchell
JOIN PTG
Thinking about becoming a piano
technician and want to join the local
guild?
Contact our chapter president or come to
our next meeting to get started.
IMPORTANT DATES
April 19-22, 2018 WESTPAC VII | Anaheim, CA www.ptgwestpac.org
July 11-14, 2018 61ST ANNUAL PTG CONVENTION &TECHNICAL INSTITUTE | Lancaster, PA convention.ptg.org
LINKS
→ Piano Technicians Guild
→ Class Handouts Archive
→ Newsletter Archive
→ Library
→ Calendar
→ Google Group (phoenix_ptg)
