Butts and Flanges Newsletter of The Cleveland Chapter of the PTG Meeting October 11th 2004 8 PM At the Shop of Don Dusenbury

Butts and Flanges- Newsletter of
The Cleveland Chapter of the PTG
Meeting October 11th 2004 8 PM
At the Shop of Don Dusenbury 7074 Pearl Road, Middleburg Hts.

Pre-meeting dinner 6:30 at Applebee's restaurant on Pearl Rd. in the Giant Eagle Shopping center between W.130th and Smith

The history, importance to piano sales and a   Q & A on servicing player customers. My background in this topic, 6 yrs. National Sales rep. for Piano Disc, also liaison to their engineering dept., installation instructor and install line manager.

Directions:    My shop is at 7074 Pearl Road, Middleburg Hts.   Between Smith and Bagley on the North side of the street.  Shawnee is the street directly across from me. I will have a small American Flag on my mail box.

My phone 440-884-2886      and yes please bring a chair.    Don Dusenbury

President's Message

^{Let's talk about associate members upgrading to RPT. It's
easier than you think. The first step is simply taking the written
test. There are

100 questions, mostly multiple choice to answer. This is a good
indicator of whether you are ready to take the other two parts of the
test. Simply contact me at a meeting or privately to take the written test at
or before our monthly meetings. You can also request a separate
time for maximum privacy. Your test results are kept completely private. The
board and I are interested in doing everything we can to help you
succeed! There is also a study guide to help you study for the written
test. We also have a mentoring program developed by Bob Bergantino to help you
through all parts of the test. All you have to do is contact me or any member of
the board to get started.}

^{Bob Russell,
RPT
[email protected]}

Stu's Technical Korner

^{Getting IT done...what a brilliant ad campaign. So much information is
around us that we can take IT for granted. The guild, from
individual members to national organization, is gathering and
disseminating information for us, the Information Technologist, to use.}

^{How often does this happen: You are out on a job and something is not right with
the action. It has all the parts in the right places; but something is all
wrong. You go home and start digging in old journal or the
PTG.org website or the   CD compendium of   Journal
articles. Maybe you call another technician and puzzle it out
together.

Getting   IT done...so simple, we can forget how
amazing    IT is to have all this information right at our
finger tips.}

^{The October meeting and technical will be hosted by Don Dusenbury.
Don will present a look at the digital/mechanical world evolving in player
units. This will be an interesting evening of digital tech
application to analog tech sound production.}

^{Also, don't forget about the regional seminar in Indianapolis
(October 7-10), and the North Carolina regional seminar in High
Point (October 28-31).}

^{I am going to the seminar in Indianapolis and have room in my car. If
you are interested in sharing a ride, call me 330-376-3373.}

^{Thanks for reading, Stu Freedman [email protected]}
"All expressions of opinion and all statements of supposed fact are published on the authority of the author as
listed, and are not to be regarded as expressing the view of this chapter or the Piano Technicians Guild Inc.
unless such statements or opinions have been adopted by the chapter or the Piano Technicians Guild Inc."