Los Angeles Chapter
September Meeting:
Date: Mon.,
9/15/2025
Time: 6:30 pm-Food
7:00 pm-Presentation
Location: German
Piano City
9579 Las Tunas Dr.
Temple
City 91780
Thanks to all who came out for tacos down at Kathy and David's place last week. It was a fun time catching up with technicians from our chapter and others we don't see quite as often. Thanks to the Vandersmiths for hosting a nice end to summer.
In September we are pleased to get to hear from Don Mannino, RPT and Golden Hammer recipient, as he presents a class on tuning. This is a slightly shorter version of his seminar from Des Moines where he has eliminated what he calls the “Watching paint dry” portion of demonstrating a tuning. Don's class will explore how he makes use of Cybertuner in a sort of hybrid tuning style to achieve a combination ETD/aural tuning.
We will meet on Monday, September 15th, at 6:30 pm as usual for food, and then Don's presentation will start at 7:00 pm.
We are excited to meet for the first time at German Piano City, the shop of chapter member Edison Huang, RPT, located at 9579 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780. Thank you, Edison, for hosting!
Looking ahead to October, we have decided we will take advantage of the Yamaha open house being held on October 20th with the opening of their new facilities. The event runs from 9 am to 5 pm with a full day worth of classes, and lunch served. (Check the announcement included in this Newsletter for all the details.)
In order for Yamaha to have a sense of how many plan to attend, they have
asked all to please complete the following survey and RSVP by September 8, 2025
at this link:
https://yamahaus.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5cDofuCG59ehuPY?Q_CHL=qr
So please get registered this week if you think you will attend in October. An additional date will be offered March 16th of next year. More info next month for the October date, but please register now.
Many have benefitted from Yamaha's dedication to educating technicians through such programs as the Little Red School House and the Piano Performance Seminar. This is a great local opportunity and we're glad to show our support for a piano company that has given so much to our industry. Even if you have passed through some of their programs in the past, Yamaha would like to hear how they can best meet our needs. We look forward to it and hope to see you there.
See you all September 15th at German Piano City!