March 2025

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Greetings to Our New Members

If you're reading a PTG member e-newsletter for the first time, welcome! If you need anything, please get in touch with your chapter president, Regional Vice President, or the PTG Office. Be sure to check out some of the great benefits of PTG membership. To all members, check out the list of new members in each month's Journal and see who's new in your area. See the info below about our upcoming 2025 convention. If you are a first-time attendee, you get $300 off your registration fee!

2025 PTG Convention & Technical Institute

Convention Registration Is Open! July 16-19

Iowa Events Center and Hilton Des Moines Downtown

Des Moines, Iowa

Check out these quick links to start planning your

2025 PTG Convention & Technical Institute experience.

Registration

Institute Classes

Hotel Reservations

Exams

Visit convention.ptg.org for updates and new items.

Find out why people love coming to PTG conventions!


Special Offer for First-Time Convention Attendees

PTG members can save $300 on any 2025 registration. You must call 913-432-9975 to register at the First-Timer Rate. 


Save Money Convention Roommate Connection community is available for those interested in sharing rooms. Check out the Convention Rideshare Connection community if you'd like to carpool.

PTGF Convention Scholarships Deadline April 30

Are you hoping to take your final RPT Exam at the 2025 PTG Convention and Technical Institute in Des Moines, IA? The PTGF Convention Scholarship is for you! The Piano Technicians Guild Foundation offers scholarships each year to members intending to take their final RPT examination during the Convention. The scholarships provide individual recipients with funds for the convention registration fee and the applicant’s choice of either the PTG Technical Exam or Tuning Exam. Up to eight scholarships are awarded annually. Applications are due by April 30. Visit ptgfoundation.org/outreach/scholarships  for details and to apply online.

Home Office Classes for Spring 2025

Grand Action Regulation in 37 Steps

May 1 - 3, 2025

An intensive three-day skills-based course, Grand Action Regulation in 37 Steps will help you polish your skills in grand regulation and ensure that your clients' grand pianos are performing at full potential. Based on curriculum from Yamaha's "The Little Red Schoolhouse," participants will benefit from personal pianos, small group instruction and individual feedback. Visit my.ptg.org/37steps for more information.

 

Polyester & Lacquer Finish Touch Up Academy

May 16 - 17, 2025

Limited spots available. Come spend two full days learning the secrets of how to perform professional repair and touch up to damaged polyester or lacquer finishes. Whether you wish to be totally safe touching up edges, light scratches, and small defects, or you are ambitious enough to take on a lacquer or polyester fill repair, discover how you can add more income to your service calls. This class is also a great opportunity for those who work with piano moving or sales. Visit the Polyester & Lacquer Finish class web page at my.ptg.org/touchup for more information and to register.



PTG is always looking for classes to offer at the headquarters location in Kansas City. Classes should be 2 to 3 days in length, piano service-focused and include a significant hands-on component. If you’ve taught a class at the local, regional or national level that you think would be a great addition, please e-mail kathy@ptg.org with a description. View education opportunities at www.ptg.org/ptgmain/about/events.

Upcoming April Education Events

The Field Technician's Field Day

When:  Apr 5, 2025 from 08:00 to 17:00 (MT)

Where:  Bethany Evangelical Free Church, Centennial, Colorado

A Day with Mike Reiter

When:  Apr 12, 2025 from 09:00 to 17:00 (PT)

Where:  LightHammer Piano, Mukilteo, Washington

Visit www.ptg.org/ptgmain/about/events for more training opportunities in your area.

Thanks for Your Input!

The results of the recently completed 2024 PTG Member Survey is now posted in the Member Forms and Documents library under Member Surveys. A total of 1,092 members completed the survey. Your responses are very much appreciated and important as the PTG Board of Directors charts the future course of PTG.

2025 Winter Board Minutes

The Board meeting minutes and updated Bylaws and Organizational Policies documents are available now in the Forms and Documents area at www.ptg.org. Watch your PTG regional communities at my.ptg.org for RVP newsletters. They’ll include an overview of the Board meeting actions along with a message from your RVP. 

What's in the March 2025 Journal?

  • Bass Tuning, Part 3: Single Bass Strings
  • False Beats: Understanding Through Critical Thinking, Part 2
  • Tuning Refinement for Passing the RPT Exam and Beyond: A Practical Guide.

The Piano Technicians Journal is always available 24-7 online. Read the March 2025 issue here.

2025 Key Convention Dates & Deadlines

  • April 29 | All proposed amendments to Bylaws and Organizational Policies are due to the Bylaws Committee for the Pre-Council Board meeting. Bylaws Committee page. Use the downloadable RFA form found in the Forms & Documents library in the Members Area at www.ptg.org.
  • May 19 | Board and Committee Reports due for the 2025 Council meeting. Download a Committee Report form. Forward to barbara@ptg.org in Word format.
  • July 1 | Council Delegate Forms due.
  • July 13-14 | PTG Board of Directors Meeting
  • July 15 | Council Meeting and Opening Activities
  • July 16-19 | Institute Classes, Exhibit Hall, Concerts and Special Events

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