Butts and Flanges; Newsletter of
The Cleveland Chapter of the PTG

  Meeting is May 9th     2005   7:30pm. 
Mattlin-Hyde Piano Co. 5109 Mayfield Rd. Lyndhurst, OH

Pre meeting dining at Dino's - the Italian place (east of Mattlin-Hyde)
Starts at 6pm.  ( Dino's is known for taking a while to get the food out.)

May Technical- Could be called an aural wine-tasting experience . Ben Mcklveen (of the Cincinnati chapter) and Ben Wiant (of our Columbus Chapter) teaming up for a session on quality listening. The purpose is to examine the qualities of good piano tone and illustrate that there is no one perfect sound for the piano.  For this class, we will play short excerpts of music from a number of different concert grands, all played by top tier pianists.   Discussion will follow. 

Ben Mcklveen has been a technician in Cincinnati for 57 years, was Institute Director for five National Institutes, and taught classes with Bob Russell Sr. during the '70's and early   '80's.

Ben Wiant  is a highly respected and talented technician who does most of the artist work in Columbus and the Grand Teton Summer Festival in Wyoming each summer.

Presidents Message

Greetings, as spring is upon us, it is time to start making our plans to attend the National Convention and Institute June 15-19 in Kansas City. In additional to the great technical classes offered, you have a wonderful opportunity to tour our new home office building. Located in the building is our piano museum, which is adding new attractions every year. To become the best technicians we can be requires constant nurturing and motivation. I can’t think of a better way to recharge our batteries than to attend the annual convention every year.

Bob Russell, RPT

Chapter Notes

• The chapter voted last month to change the meeting times to a 7:30 start time for the Technical  
• It was also decided that we should skip the June meeting and instead meet in July. 
• No minations for chapter officers resulted in our current board nominated to another year of service.  Nominations for officers will be open again at the May meeting and followed by Election of officer.

Nominations are.
President -  Bob Russell
Vice President - Stu Freedman
Secretary - John Mancino
Treasurer - Rod Summerlin

From my desk;

A BIG THANK YOU to Don Dusenbury on behalf of all of us who were able to make it to the "Saturday work shop". You are so generous with your time, expertise, and hospitality.  We really appreciate these gifts.  THANKS. 

Don Bratton
Publications Editor  Cleveland Chapter PTG  

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