POMONA VALLEY CHAPTER
April Meeting:
Date: Mon. 4/13/2026
Time: 6:30 pm - Board
7:00 pm - Business
7:30 pm - Program
Location:
Shull Piano
610 Amigos Dr., B1
Redlands 92373
909-796-4226
(Or via
Zoom)
The Pomona Valley Chapter took a break in March, but looks forward to some great
programs ahead!
Our last program was in February with Dan Reed, who
shared his techniques for shaping hammers, voicing shaped hammers, and mating
hammers to strings. We were able to install a section of badly grooved hammers
from a Chickering grand I had rebuilt, onto another Chickering in the shop so he
could "have at them." And he DID. He not only shaped them to beauty (and they
had been truly badly grooved), but then voiced them to beauty too!
You
don't want to miss our upcoming programs. On April 13 we welcome longtime
chapter member Ron Kneale, just "retired" from the trade, who will present on a
subject he is among the best in the trade at - REPLACING KEYTOPS. Ron has
adapted many of the best tools and jigs for his work and is full of wisdom and
knowledge.
Put the following month (May 11) on your calendar too, as
Bruce Stevens does a "swan song" for Pomona Valley, prior to his move to Texas.
You heard it right, and you don't want to miss Bruce's tidbits of wisdom!
For the Zoom Meeting links please click to email
Bill Shull
or
Don Mannino