The conference Institute team has worked hard to secure exhibitors to fill the exhibit hall with pianos from the major piano manufacturers, piano parts and tool supply houses who will display their wares, the latest training aids like books and DVDs, and piano technology schools. Of course, the PTG itself will have a booth where you can view and purchase PTG publications.
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, February 22, 6:00 PM
A Welcome Reception sponsored by Renner USA will be a time to reconnect with your old friends and meet new ones. Enjoy delectable hors d’oeuvres and a no host bar. This will be followed by the Exhibit Hall Opening at 7:00 pm.
If you would like to secure a space in the exhibit hall, please contact Carl Lieberman at CarlPianoTech@yahoo.com.
Brooks Ltd.
www.brooksltdonline.com
Brooks LTD. is a wholesale distributor of piano products and supplies. Specializing in Encore Action parts by The Abel Hammer Company. Our goal is to collaborate with you, the piano technician, to create, service, and restore instruments to their finest. We are dedicated to providing consistent quality and innovation in our specialized products. We provide accurate, trustworthy service from well trained specialists who are here to support you.
Brookside Press publishes Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer and The Piano Book by Larry Fine. Piano Buyer, the successor to The Piano Book, is a free, online, semiannual piano buying guide. For 25 years, The Piano Book and Piano Buyer have been the standard consumer references in the piano business. Technicians find the books useful when advising customers on the purchase of a piano and when appraising pianos.
The Chicago School for Piano Technology
www.pianotechschool.com
Prepare yourself for a career in piano technology. The mission of The Chicago School for Piano Technology is to provide complete foundational skills for aspiring piano technicians who may then enter into the life-long task of mastering all of the technical aspects of the acoustic piano as a whole instrument.
t : 312-666-7440
Erwin's Piano Restoration
www.erwinspiano.com
The Erwins...Dennis, Jacob, Dale & Trix Erwin...continue a 60 year tradition dedicated to the "Preservation and Restoration of World Class Pianos". Though private Steinway restorations are the life blood of our business, custom performance enhancement is the goal no matter what the name on the fallboard is. Workmanship and quality components are prized and promoted at the Erwin facility and our valued added products and techniques, produce a musical instrument performing at levels pianist are inspired by. Creating a superior hand crafted instrument requires crafting our own unique 1/4 sawn maple pin blocks and Sitka soundboard panels from superior grades of hand selected wood. We utilize these components for private clients and technicians seeking a superior quality component for their piano rebuilds. The tonal capabilities of our re-designed soundboard systems have attracted national attention at PTG rebuilders galleries and elsewhere. In recent years Dale's R&D, with Ray Negron of Ronsen Hammer Co. and Jack Brand of Wurzen Felt Co., assisted in the re-introduction of the legendary "Weickert special felt" now available thru Ronsen piano hammer. As a Ronsen rep and technical consultant he also provides a variety of Ronsen products to the trade including pre-hung hammers and action parts.
t : 201 577-8397
Fazioli Pianoforti
www.fazioli.com/en
The Fazioli Company has produced grand and concert-grand pianos since 1981, when the company was founded by pianist and engineer Paolo Fazioli. Each instrument is individually handcrafted combining high quality materials with the finest workmanship and technology.
Grand Piano Muffler
www.grandpianomuffler.com
A retrofit muffler rail kit for grand pianos can be custom fit to most any grand. Perfect for those who desire their player piano to play ultra soft. Engaged it creates a soothing and relaxing atmosphere, as well as reducing the sound of the piano filtering thru walls. The touch of the key is preserved even with the engagement of the muffler rail. Stop by my booth and hear for yourself the effectiveness of this Grand Piano Muffler.
t: 847-370-3754
Hailun USA
www.hailun-pianos.com
Hailun instruments are premium pianos manufactured in China. Renowned for their quality and sound, Hailun instruments have developed a strong following. Hailun’s engineers include leading piano authorities from Europe and the USA. Its engineering team consists of Frank Emerson, Peter Veletsky, Keith Bowman, Mike Carraher, Stephen Paulello and several outstanding Chinese engineers working to develop new models and improving the craftsmanship on existing models. Mr. Hailun Chen and his wife Faye, head of the factory, own the Hailun Piano Company.
Prepare yourself for a career in piano technology. The mission of The Chicago School for Piano Technology is to provide complete foundational skills for aspiring piano technicians who may then enter into the life-long task of mastering all of the technical aspects of the acoustic piano as a whole instrument.
Kawai America Corporation
www.kawaius.com
In 1927, Koichi Kawai began his quest as he and seven kindred colleagues formed the Kawai Musical Instrument Research Laboratory in Hamamatsu, Japan. Together, it was their dream to one day build the world's finest piano. Koichi Kawai died suddenly in October of 1955 at the age of 70. Succeeding him at the helm was 33-year-old Shigeru Kawai who would lead his family's company into the realm of modern manufacturing. Shigeru turned his attention toward making Kawai "the sound heard around the world." Ready and able to meet worldwide demand, Shigeru launched Kawai America in 1963. Today, Kawai Musical instruments enjoy recognition in every major market in the world.
Also see Shigeru Kawai
t : 800-421-2177
Moondog Manufacturing LLC - Piano Moving Equipment
Finally, a grand piano tilter that utilizes the existing lyre attachment points to enable one person to tilt a grand piano up or down from a skidboard. This tool is light weight -- only 19 pounds -- and small enough to carry in one hand. See a sneak preview at the Pacific Northwest Conference before the industry introduction at the PTG annual conference in Las Vegas.
t : 425-252-0757
National Bench Co.
National Bench Co. was founded by Greg and Jon Mickelsen in 1993 for the purpose of providing piano dealers and piano technicians with unfinished piano benches for resale. Customers have the option of having a finishing company match the bench to their piano, or as many people have discovered, finish the bench themselves.
Our bench features an extremely strong corner bracket, solid construction with a variety of woods to choose from including oak, mahogany and poplar (excellent for painting or staining). All benches are shipped disassembled with easy to follow assembly instructions. An online slide show is available to assist customer assembly. A toll free telephone number is available for any additional help or assembly questions. National Bench Co. offers a free link from their web site to dealers, allowing customers to locate a nearby source for our bench. We also offer to drop ship directly to a dealer’s customer. Drop shipping will save the dealer time and money.
t : 800-696-2047
North Bennett Street School
www.nbss.org
NBSS’s mission is to preserve and advance craft traditions, to promote excellence in crafts, and to train students for careers in traditional trades that use hand skills in concert with developed technology. Like all programs of study taught at North Bennet Street School, piano technology is learned hands-on. With two benchrooms and twenty individual practice rooms, all outfitted with a variety of pianos, students have the opportunity to gain the skills and techniques to become successful piano technicians.
t : 617-227-0155
Pacific Piano Supply
www.pacificpiano.com
Randy, Rob and Mike are your friendly and knowledgeable resource for all your piano needs in the Southern California area. Featuring Tokiwa action parts and Imadegawa hammers, Pacific Piano Supply is now the exclusive dealer for all upright and compact action retrofit parts in the US.
t : 818-700-2100
Period Pianos
www.periodpianos.org
To promote the conservation, restoration and education related to historical pianos, to conserve and restore historical pianos, to support the documentation of, and actively document, historical pianos. To facilitate and support the collection of historical piano data by research, site visits, web data gathering, the creation and sustaining of a museum, and other means.
Petrof USA LLC
Petrof is a family owned and operated company established in 1864 in Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic and is currently run by a 5th generation family member Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová (Susan Petrof). Today, the Petrof factory is still located in Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic and produces around 4000 hand made high end European pianos annually. Petrof just recently introduced a highly innovative complete line of grand pianos with new patented technology. Petrof also has the patented Magnetic Accelerated Action (MAA). Come and see the exciting new Petrofs.
t: 404-680-6872
Piano Forte Supply
www.pianofortesupply.com
As a small "boutique" supplier, Piano Forte Supply has been making a name for itself for high quality European tools, felts and materials not available elsewhere in North America. Jurgen Goering makes use of his many contacts in Europe to find and import items such as hand made damper scissors and pliers, "Crescendo" felts, bushing cloth etc. In 2009 Crescendo Publications was started with the launch of the voicing manual "The Voice of the PIano" by André Oorebeek.
t : 888-770-2440
Piano Technicians Guild
www.ptg.org
The PTG booth will have a wide variety of products for you including apparel, books and guides, brochures and technical bulletins, business aids, CD-ROMs & Journal resources, PACE lesson plans, reminder cards and RPT exam preparation.
t : 913-432-9975
Pianos André Bolduc
www.pianobolduc.com
Founded in 1978 as a piano restoration business, Pianos André Bolduc has grown and developed over thirty years into an institution known world wide for its soundboards and pinblocks, superior quality components, as well as other products used in the manufacture and restoration of fine pianos. The Bolduc's regularly provide training seminars for piano technicians in North America and Europe, teaching soundboard and pinblock replacement to professionals.
t : 418-397-5057
Pianotek Supply Company
www.pianoteksupply.com
Setting the standard for a new generation, Pianotek offers a complete line of piano parts, tools, and supplies featuring such brands as Delignit pin blocks, Diamond tuning pins, Damp-Chaser, Protek and much more. Pianotek Supply Co. is very proud to announce a partnership with Kluge Klaviaturen, the oldest and most prestigious keyboard maker in the world.
t : 800-347-3854
Pitchlock, Inc.
www.pitchlock.com
Randy Potter School of Piano Technology
www.pianotuning.com
Training students for the 21st Century. Offering a complete correspondence home-study (open university) course for beginning and intermediate students in piano tuning, repairing, regulating, voicing, apprentice training and business practices, the Potter course is the preeminent home study course for aspiring piano technicians.
t : 541-382-5411
Renner USA
www.rennerusa.com
Louis Renner is world renown as the preeminent manufacturer of quality piano action parts since 1882, and continues to produce complete piano actions for the world's finest pianos. Renner makes the world's finest piano parts, tools and supplies featuring the famous Renner Blue hammer.
t : 480-575-1700
Reyburn CyberTuner
www.reyburn.com
The Reyburn CyberTuner is the most advanced visual tuning device software on the inner planets. Now available for iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad). Still available for Windows mobile devices and both Mac and Windows laptops.
t : 888-soft440
Ronsen Piano Hammers
www.ronsenhammer.com
Ronsen Piano Hammer Company has been serving the piano industry since 1958 and specializes in manufacturing the best quality, custom manufactured, high resiliency, American style replacement sets of piano hammers for piano technicians and rebuilders.
t : 845-657-2395
Samick Music Corporation
www.smcmusic.com
Established in 1958, Samick Musical Instruments Co. Ltd. has over 50 years of experience manufacturing high quality musical instruments. The craftsmanship developed over the years has made Samick one of the largest and most knowledgeable producers of musical instruments in the world today. Samick's pianos are sold under the Samick name and under a variety of brand names, including Kohler & Campbell, Pramberger, Seiler and Knabe. With a manufacturing capability of more than a half million guitars per year in factories located in Korea,Indonesia, China and the United States, Samick also ranks as the world's leading stringed instrument producer. The company sells its guitars under its own brand names, including Samick, Abilene, Silvertone, JTR Series and the Greg Bennett Signature series.
From high quality, feature-rich entry level instruments, to world class acoustic and digital pianos, Samick Music will always deliver the quality you deserve and expect.
t : 615-206-0077
Schaff Piano Supply Co.
www.schaffpiano.com
Schaff Piano Supply is the House Dedicated to Service for virtually all your piano tech needs, tools and supplies. Schaff also features total duplication services including bridge, bass string, hammer and pin block duplication.
t : 800-747-4266
Schimmel
www.schimmel-piano.de
Schimmel is the leading German premium manufacturer of upright pianos and grands. A family-owned business since its founding in 1885 by Wilhelm Schimmel in Leipzig, Schimmel makes approximately 2000 pianos per year with its 190 employees in their modern and environmentally-friendly factory. Schimmel also owns a factory in Kalisz, Poland that builds the Vogel by Schimmel brand. In their constant pursuit of excellence, Schimmel views the piano as a work of art, inside and out. Traditional sound philosophy and wide dynamic expressiveness are realized through a modern approach to piano building using sophisticated and highly specific equipment and computer software for increased precision and quality.
Schimmel is one of the main training centers for piano technicians with many apprentices each year who learn the art of piano building from the master craftspeople at Schimmel.
As the industry’s innovation leader, Schimmel exports
its first-class instruments from Braunschweig, the German piano manufacturing
capitol, to the world. On May 2nd, 2010 Schimmel celebrated its 125th
anniversary.
SendOutCards
www.SendOutCards.com
One of the most powerful marketing tools for your
business is sincere appreciation. Appreciation wins out over self promotion
every single time. When people know you appreciate them, they are more
loyal, have you back more often, and refer others more frequently. A
sincere card can do more to gain loyalty than most other marketing ideas,
but who has time to hand write hundreds of cards each year to your best
clients? SendOutCards is a powerful system where you go online, choose
a card, type the message and tell it the recipient, and SendOutCards
will print your card, fold it, put it in an envelope, put a stamp on
it, and drop it in the mail for you. This can even be done in your own
handwriting with your signature on the card. All of this for as low as
$.62 per card plus the postage.
Shigeru Kawai Piano Co.
www.shigerukawai.com
The SHIGERU piano is the living legacy of Shigeru Kawai, chairman of Global Kawai Group. First introduced in 2000 this piano has a wonderfully rich and full-bodied tone. The difference between the SHIGERU and other pianos is the degree of personal attention and detail at every level of assembly given to each instrument by our Master Piano Artisans (MPAs) who are experts in every facet of piano craftsmanship. This initial application of concert-level voicing, regulation and tuning will be Kawai's gift to those who possess this unique instrument.
t : 310-631-1771
TPR Tools LLC
www.thepianorebuilders.com
TPR Tools LLC is an outgrowth of The Piano Rebuilders, the Boston-based rebuilding consortium, and features the latest Regulation Station jigs by Christopher Brown, RPT. These tools bring accurate references from the piano to the bench for ergonomic, well-lit, and effective assembly and regulation of grand actions. The increased precision and simplified process reduce headaches while increasing efficiency. And the action will fit as expected when returned to the piano! With the Squaring Platform, for instance, hammers can be hung (on their vertically traveled shanks), squared, and spaced at strike, all in one fluid process. Please come by the booth to meet Chris and the tools in person.
t : 978-486-0610
The University of Western Ontario, School
of Piano Technology
www.pianotech.uwo.ca
Discover challenging work, independence, strong market demand for your services, and an excellent earning potential. Qualified piano technicians fulfill a vital role in a wide variety of cultural industries around the world, and are an integral member of any musical community. Join a select group of highly skilled craftspeople.
t : 519-661-3497
Veritune, Inc.
www.veritune.com
Veritune provides advanced piano tuning software for Windows and mobile platforms, including Verituner for Netbooks, Verituner Pocket and our newest piano tuning app Verituner for iPhone.
t : 888-VERITUN
Wessell, Nickel, and Gross
www.wessellnickelandgross.com
There is a quiet revolution going on. It is the Composite Parts Revolution led by Wessell, Nickel and Gross. WNG parts are geometrically designed to give the action improved performance and the piano more power, sustain and overall volume – if and when it is needed.
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www.yamaha.com
Japan's finest and oldest manufacturer of quality pianos and other musical instruments, featuring Yamaha Pianos, Yamaha Disklavier Pianos, Yamaha Midi Pianos, and Yamaha Clavinovas.
t: 714-522-9417