South Bay Chapter
June Meeting:
Date: Tues. 6/11/2024
Time: 6:30
pm-Board
7:00 pm-Chapter
Location: Kawai America
2055 E. University Dr.
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220
In May the South Bay Chapter held nominations for chapter officers. Current President Don Mannino, Vice President Ryan Ellison and Treasurer Kenny Walden will retain their positions. Secretary Tim Michaels is stepping down and Charles Miller has volunteered to fill the position. This month we will be confirming the new board, so please join us to vote on our chapter leadership.
Also in May's meeting, we were joined by several LA Chapter members for a lively hands-on technical presentation on hammer filing. Members were first invited to make their own hammer filing board using sticky-backed sandpaper and proceeded to practice hammer filing on scrap hammers. In addition to the stick filing method, we reviewed other hammer filing methods including strip filing and gang filing. A lot of hammer felt dust was generated by all.
For June, in lieu of a technical presentation, we will have another of our lively chapter group discussion on customer service. Our prompt for the meeting will be "How to handle difficult customers." Please bring your advice and stories.
We also want to announce a special opportunity next month to join the LA Chapter who will be introducing Yamaha's new Piano Technical Manager, Guru Yamamoto. Please refer to the LA newsletter for all the details and join us in Santa Monica on Monday, June 17 for a lecture and demonstration on historical temperaments.