Los Angeles Chapter
June Meeting:
Date: Thurs.5/7/2026
Time: 6:30 pm-Food
7:00 pm-Presentation
Location: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
1343 Ocean Park
Blvd.
Santa Monica 90403
We had fun continuing the work on our Steinway B rebuild in May. Led again by Franco Skilan, RPT, we installed the new agraffes, looked at the downbearing, determined final plate height adjustments and prepared for stringing. Ulises Rocha then strung the instrument with chapter members observing. It continues to be a great project and an excellent learning opportunity for all who have participated. Thank you again Franco, and thank you, Ulises!
In June we will have a meeting focused on aural tuning. The Los Angeles Chapter has several newer members who have not yet passed the required exams to be granted the title of Registered Piano Technician, and as a chapter we hope to help people forward on that path.
On Monday, June 15th Robert Cope will present a session going through RPT Fred Sturm's method of setting a temperament, outlined in Fred's October 2005 Journal article, "An A-Centered Temperament Sequence." Robert recently spent an afternoon with Fred for coaching on his approach, and will present Fred's method, which is very logical and concise.
We will meet at a new location this month - the Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Santa Monica. Thank you to Kayoko Forrest, RPT for securing this new meeting location! As always, we will meet at 6:30 for some light refreshments and time to catch up, and then at 7:00 pm we will have our presentation.
The church address is 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Enter the parking lot from 14th Street.
We look forward to seeing you there!