SOUTH BAY CHAPTER
September Meeting (2nd Tuesday)
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Time:
7:00 pm (Pacific Time)
Location: Your device/Zoom
Greetings, South Bay
buds! It's been a long time since we've made it into the Newsletter.
Our
Zoom meeting on September 8 will allow us to evaluate the last few months and
realize what we've come through. We are dealing with fear of the COVID-19 virus,
the rules put into place, and all the new challenges we must endure while trying
to maintain our customers' pianos but keep our customers and ourselves safe.
The September Zoom gathering is an opportunity to recognize the difficulties
we've been dealing with, see the value in our little PTG group and the
organization at large and appreciate our many collegial friendships developed
over the years. We missed our convention and local summertime gatherings. Now is
the time to renew ourselves and our goals at this meeting and look forward to
the good we can do and the business we can rebuild.
This month's program
will feature special guest, Paul Rea, Director of Product Development & Quality
Control for Hailun, Sauter & Petrof. He applies his knowledge of quality and
production while dedicating nine months out of the year working in the factory
directing all aspects "from birth to box!" A European, Asian, and US factory
trained technician, Paul says that with 39 plus years in the music industry,
"there is nothing I can't do to a piano, and if there is… I know someone who
can." As a certified Piano Disc and QRS player system installer/technician, and
quite proficient at touch up and repair of polyester and conventional finishes,
Paul has "sat in every seat in the house" from bookkeeping, salesman, store
manager, technician, factory tech, as well as owning a retail store with his
parents. Paul also owned a successful tuning, rebuilding, refinishing and piano
moving company for over 25 years.
Paul will teach about "The Simple
Shop" - how to organize a whole action shop in a 9' 6" x 9' 6" area. The Pomona
Valley Chapter will be joining in on Zoom. Information for joining the meeting
is as follows:
Join Zoom Meeting:
Enter this link in your web browser:
https://zoom.us/j/95475355228
Or
open the Zoom app and join the meeting with the meeting ID: 954 7535 5228