Piano Technicians Guild
WESTPAC - Western and Pacific Regional Conference

Each year the Pacific Northwest Regional Conference of the Piano Technicians Guild honors a member of PTG by bestowing the James H. Burton Award. The award is given to honor Jim, for the service he so willingly gave to PTG over many years, and the recipient who likewise, has given of themselves unselfishly to further piano technology in both the local, regional and national level.

Recipients of the James H. Burton Award

1977 – Jack Caskey and Don Galt
1978 – George Defebaugh and Ken Serviss
1979 – Darrel Fandrich
1980 – Martin Nemecek
1981 – Al Seitz
1985 – George Defebaugh
1986 – Jim Pierson
1987 – Ken Serviss
1989 – No award presented – National Convention
1990 – Bill Smith
1991 – Bill Van Winkle
1992 – Steve Brady
1993 – Ward Guthrie
1994 – John Grace
1995 – Ted Sambell
1996 – Randy Potter
1997 – Taylor MacKinnon and Lois Heindselman
1998 – Chris Gregg
1999 – M. Jack Reeves (Posthumous)
2000 – Mike Reiter
2001 – Karl Verhnjak
2002 – Don Simmonson
2003 – Curtis Spiel
2004 – Del Fandrich
2005 – Paul Brown
2006 – Jeannie Grassi
2007 – Rick Baldassin
2008 – Joe Garrett
2009 – Bruce Stevens
2010 – Roger Gable
2011 – Keith Kopp
2012 – Carl Teel

The Sid Stone Service Award was first presented in 2001.The award is given to honor Sid, for the service he so willingly gave to PTG over many years, and to the recipient who likewise, has given unselfishly to further piano technology at the local, regional and national levels. The recipient shall be a member of the Guild who exemplifies the highest standards and ideals of the piano service profession.

Recipients of the Sid Stone Award

2001 – Sid Stone
2002 – Bruce Stevens
2003 – Isaac Sadigursky
2004 – Donald Mannino
2006 – Carl Lieberman
2007 – Roland Kaplan
2009 – Jim Ogden
2010 – Kayoko Forrest
2011 – Israel Stein