POMONA VALLEY CHAPTER
November Meeting:
Date: Mon. 11/11/2024
Time: Board 6:30 pm
Business 7:00 pm
Program
7:30 pm
Location:
Shull Piano
610 Amigos Dr B1
Redlands, CA 92373
The Pomona Valley Chapter met in October with a quorum for board but not for its business meeting. The program was an Introduction to the Basics of Late Viennese Piano Service, with several available Viennese pianos to practice skills on. Because there was only one attendee he got to do all the practice tying strings, removing the different types of actions and reinstalling them, etc.
This month Randy Woltz will present "When Dampers Go Bad." Randy writes: “This is a class that I am preparing for the next convention. After 50+ years of piano work, I made a list of all the things that commonly go wrong with dampers - grand and upright - and how to fix them.
Some are simple and basic and others are more involved. Hopefully this is different from all the other damper classes. One common problem is dampers not being put back correctly after restringing so the action feels terrible or the sostenuto is not working because of the same problem.
It's a class aimed at new techs but a good basis for discussion among the "old timers".