FEBRUARY CHAPTER MEETING INTERESTED IN TEACHING A … · CLASS: "Everything Upright: Essentials for a Vertical Viewpoint" by Lucas Hathcock, RPT INTERESTED IN TEACHING A CLASS? If

FEBRUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER | www.phoenixptg.org

FEBRUARY CHAPTER MEETING

DATE/TIME: Mon, Feb 5, 2018 7:00PM LOCATION: Harmony House, 15229 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix,AZ 85032 CLASS: "Everything Upright: Essentials for a Vertical Viewpoint"by Lucas Hathcock, RPT

INTERESTED IN TEACHING A CLASS?

If you're interested in teaching a class, please emailBill Kaye, RPT, Phoenix PTG Vice President viavp@phoenixptg.org.

For some ideas, read "Ideas for PTG Chapter Technicals" byWim Blees, RPT.

GENERAL INFO

Access our Link List via links.phoenixptg.org. It now includes agrowing list of links to other PTG Chapter Websites.

Please email the Secretary via sec@phoenixptg.org to requestevents for the Chapter Calendar at calendar.phoenixptg.org or toprovide newsletter info.

View the list of our Chapter Library materials atlibrary.phoenixptg.org. Email the Librarian via lib@phoenixptg.orgto request materials (which will be brought to the next chaptermeeting).

NOVEMBER MEETING [11/6/2017]

OFFICIAL BUSINESSView the 11/2/2017 Treasurer's Report attr.phoenixptg.org

CLASS: "The Historical Without theHysterical: Temperament and Pitch" byJim Coleman, Sr., RPT humbly assisted byWes Flinn, RPT and Bill Kaye, RPT

Bill Kaye discussed temperament and historicalpitches and recommended the article A BriefHistory of Musical Tuning, Fidelio Magazine,Volume 1, #1, Winter 1991-92.

Wes Flinn discussed varieties of EqualTemperament (including some of Jim Coleman'stemperaments), mentioned how temperaments started out pure then people adjusted them bynecessity, plus he recommended several books for study.

Jim Coleman, Sr. demonstrated 4 varieties of equal temperament (Equal plus 1/7 Comma MeanTone, EBVT III and Coleman 11 found in Wes's handout) and also had Mark Purney try them outfor us. Then we all got to guess which temperament was on each piano.

Handout & References: www.phoenixptg.org/archive/handouts/201711HO.html

DECEMBER MEETING [12/4/2017]

We celebrated our Annual Holiday Dinner at Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ

JANUARY 2018 MEETING

No event was planned.

MEETING SCHEDULE

February 5th: Lucas Hathcock, RPT

March 5th: TBA

April 9th: TBA

May 7th: TBA

June 4th: TBA

July: No Chapter Meeting

61st Annual PTG Convention & Technical Institute

August: Summer Break

September 10th: TBA

OFFICERS

✉ President - Kevin Ramsey, RPT

✉ Vice President - Bill Kaye, RPT

✉ Secretary - Chad Mitchell

✉ Treasurer - Wendell Smock, RPT

✉ Librarian - Chad Mitchell

JOIN PTG

Thinking about becoming a piano

technician and want to join the local

guild?

Contact our chapter president or come to

our next meeting to get started.

IMPORTANT DATES

April 19-22, 2018 WESTPAC VII | Anaheim, CA www.ptgwestpac.org

July 11-14, 2018 61ST ANNUAL PTG CONVENTION &TECHNICAL INSTITUTE | Lancaster, PA convention.ptg.org

LINKS

→ Piano Technicians Guild

→ Class Handouts Archive

→ Newsletter Archive

→ Library

→ Calendar

→ Google Group (phoenix_ptg)