Classes
New classes, great instructors, mini-techs, hands on – we got
it all! Click on any of the class topics to the left
to check out all the great classes being offered.
Classes that require pre-registration
Special All-Day Thursday Classes:
- The Shigeru Kawai Full-Day Service Appointment (Kawai) - Don Mannino
- Vertical Action Replacement (Wessell, Nickel & Gross)
- Bruce Clark and Mark Burgett
- Polyester Finish Repair (Allied Piano) - Ruth Zeiner This class is full
Click here for details on these
classes.
Special All-Day Friday Class:
- All-Day Grand Regulation Actionpalooza (Renner, USA) - Rick Baldassin
and Carl Teel
NOTE: Limit 24 Participants
Click here for details.
Sunday Afternoon Scramble
“What Every Technician Should Know” Mini-Techs will feature
40-minute bite size classes.
Check Out All These New Classes at WestPac IV!
(use the menu at left to find all WestPac Classes by category)
- Appraisals - Willem “Wim” Blees, RPT
- Business Building - Willem
“Wim” Blees, RPT
- On Being A Professional - Don Mannino, RPT
- Shop Help: A Guide To Hiring, Training And Managing
Shop Assistants - Alan
Eder, RPT
- “ProRecord” - New Product from PianoDisc - Mark
Burgett
- All About Hammers - Melanie Brooks & Norbert
Abel
- Analyzing The Not-So-Grand Action - Nick
Gravagne, RPT
- Burning & Traveling - What's The Difference - Joel
Rappaport
- Holes: Drill 'Em and Fill 'Em - Priscilla
Rappaport, RPT
- Natural Felt - Norbert Abel & Alexander
Abel
- Practical Touch: Grand Touch Optimization For The Rest Of
Us - Mario Igrec
- Shank Deflection - Wessell, Nickel & Gross
- New Tools For Touch Weight Adjustment - Scott
Jones, RPT
- Key Bushing The Spurlock Way - Ryan Sowers, RPT & Jean
Sowers
- What Matters, What Doesn't: Prioritizing Work in a Changing Market - Mario
Igrec
- Aural Pitch Adjusting Techniques - Dan
Levitan, RPT
- Tune A Spinet Like A Concert Grand - Willem
“Wim” Blees, RPT
- Measuring [And Predicting] Piano Hammer Performance -
Del Fandrich, RPT
- The Evolution Of The Piano: A Collaboration Across Space and
Time -
Alan Eder, RPT
- Shaping And Voicing Abel Hammers In Seiler Grand Pianos -
Joe Swenson
- Structural Voicing - David Love, RPT
- Voicing: Learning To Listen - Dan Levitan,
RPT