POMONA VALLEY CHAPTER

January Meeting - Special Date and Location!

Date: 1/20/2025
Time: 9:30 am-3:00 pm
Location: Kim’s Piano
10200 Beach Blvd.
Stanton, CA 90680

The Pomona Valley Chapter celebrated the holidays with a chapter potluck in December, with 8 participants and plenty of fellowship and fun!

This month we will join the "Multi Chapter" PTG meeting on Monday, January 20 at Kim’s Piano in Stanton. If anyone wants to join in a carpool let me know as we have plenty of room in the minivan. Call Bill Shull at 909-796-4226.

Our guest speakers will be Torben Garlin, Director of Concert and Institutional Services for C. Bechstein, and Ralf Dewor, Bechnstein’s Chief Sales Officer. Mr. Garlin will be discussing C. Bechstein concert service. What is the best way to prepare yourself and your instrument for the pianist and to benefit from encounters with them? This interactive seminar will cover everything from stable tuning techniques and sensitive action regulation to the individual fine intonation of C. Bechstein hammerheads.

Bechstein was founded by Carl Bechstein in 1853 in Berlin, Germany. The factory survived two world wars and several different owners. The company was purchased in 2006 by Bohemia, a Czech piano maker, and makes the C. Bechstein Concert, Residence and Academy Series in addition to W. Hoffmann and Zimmermann lines of grand pianos and uprights. Further information is available at www.bechstein.com.

The day’s schedule is as follows:
9:30 am -10:30 am Coffee and donuts
10:30 am -12:00 pm Part 1 - Bechstein technical presentation
12:00 pm -1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Part 2 - Bechstein presentation

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: Please respond to LAPTG901@gmail.com by January 14, 2025 to let us know you will be attending and if you will be staying for lunch. We will do our best to accommodate dietary restrictions.

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