Los Angeles Chapter
May Meeting:
Date: Thurs.5/7/2026
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Precision Piano
10426 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
In April we had an excellent presentation given by chapter member Blaine Hebert, RPT. Blaine led us through all of the various issues caused by piano infestation by rodents and insects. His years of expertise gave us loads of practical and helpful information for what steps should be taken to clean up after unwanted visitors have moved in. Thank you, Blaine, for a great evening.
Thank you as well to Glenn Treibitz and the team at Hollywood Piano for hosting our meeting at their giant Pasadena store.
In May we will have another chapter workday at Franco's shop to continue our
work on the Steinway B rebuild. The piano is back from refinishing. At our last
session we
installed the plate and set the dowels for the plate bosses, glued
on the bass bridge cap, and set the initial bearing.
This time we will work on setting up final rear bearing on the bridges in relation to the duplex scales and plate rests throughout the long bridge and bass bridge, remove and install all new agraffes, and dress the plate with all new felts and scale markings in preparation for restringing.
We will meet this Thursday, May 7th, again starting at noon. It will be another chance to get excellent insight into rebuilding, for those who do not regularly do this work. Come and join and get a deeper understanding of the instrument we service.
See you at Franco's!