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 email Bill Kaye, RPT, Phoenix PTG Vice President via [email protected]. For some ideas, read " Ideas for PTG Chapter Technicals" by Wim Blees, RPT. GENERAL INFO Access our Link List via links.phoenixptg.org. It now includes a growing list of links to other PTG Chapter Websites. Please email the Secretary via [email protected] to request events for the Chapter Calendar at calendar.phoenixptg.org or to provide newsletter info. View the list of our Chapter Library materials at library.phoenixptg.org. Email the Librarian via [email protected] to request materials (which will be brought to the next chapter meeting). NOVEMBER MEETING [11/6/2017] OFFICIAL BUSINESS View the 11/2/2017 Treasurer's Report at tr.phoenixptg.org CLASS: "The Historical Without the Hysterical: Temperament and Pitch" by Jim Coleman, Sr., RPT humbly assisted by Wes Flinn, RPT and Bill Kaye, RPT Bill Kaye discussed temperament and historical pitches and recommended the article A Brief History of Musical Tuning, Fidelio Magazine, Volume 1, #1, Winter 1991-92. Wes Flinn discussed varieties of Equal Temperament (including some of Jim Coleman's temperaments), mentioned how temperaments started out pure then people adjusted them by necessity, plus he recommended several books for study. Jim Coleman, Sr. demonstrated 4 varieties of equal temperament (Equal plus 1/7 Comma Mean Tone, EBVT III and Coleman 11 found in Wes's handout) and also had Mark Purney try them out for 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)