SAN DIEGO COUNTY CHAPTER
April Meeting:
Date: Sat. 4/25/2026
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Brian Janey's workshop (Allegro Piano Service)
2495 Via Rancheros
Fallbrook, CA 92028
Greetings San Diego County Chapter!
Last month Mark Adams, RPT led us
through an inspection of the Yamaha C3 that was donated to our chapter. Special
thanks to Mark for sharing his unique expertise and to all who contributed
through their attendance. Much appreciation as well to Yamaha Piano Service Team
Lead, Ryan Ellison, for once again joining us on a meeting that featured a
Yamaha piano.
The meeting this month will be a true hands-on session for
all who attend as we install all new action parts together (thank you Mark Adams
for the parts!). If you've never been part of a full action parts replacement,
this is a great opportunity to see the entire process from tear down through
rough regulation. If you've done this work before, your experience would be
incredibly helpful. This will be fully hands-on, so please bring your tools.
We'll set up a few workstations so multiple people can participate at once and
there will be plenty to do including removing old shanks/flanges, installing new
parts on the rails, keyframe cleaning, key pin polishing, key easing, general
prep work and roughly establish a working regulation so the action is
functional.
We will meet at Allegro Piano’s shop in Fallbrook at 9:00
am. The goal is to wrap up around noon (many hands = quick work).
Lunch
will be served, please RSVP via email to BrianJaney@gmail.com so we can be sure
to have enough to go around. As always we'll hang out afterwards, share tips,
talk shop, and likely solve many of the world's piano problems. Should be a
great morning and a rare chance to dig into a full action rebuild together.
As for future plans, Paul Rea, RPT will lead us through a technical session
on May 16th; so save the date! Further details will be forthcoming in upcoming
newsletters. Please take note that the meeting this month is on April 25th. Hope
to see you there!