The conference Institute team is working 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.
Exhibitor application information
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Allied Piano
www.alliedpiano.com
Allied Piano is a full-service piano company specializing in Furniture Restoration Products, Polyester and Lacquer Repair, and as a Dampp-Chaser Distributor. Finish Repair Training is offered on site and online. Visit AlliedPiano.com Today!
t : 215-491-3045
Bridgman Piano Tools
www.bridgmanmusic.com/tools.php
Modifications of various commonly used tools in the piano tech trade.
t : 800-814-8863
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.
At Classic woods we specialize in quality custom refinish attention to detail and precision craftmanship.A second generation family owned business who has a tradition of excellence.
t : 818-901-1521
Erwins Piano Restoration, Inc.
www.erwinspiano.com
The Erwin name is known among the industry for their custom and innovative Piano restorations. But....You may not know that the soundboard panels they custom manufacture for their own pianos, are now available to the trade. The Sitka Spruce and White Canadian soundboard spruce is selected on site in B.C. for uniform grain orientation. The Erwins now supply a variety of belly materials including rib stock in sugar pine, white spruce and Sitka spruce. Quarter sawn pinblocks are also available. See our restored Model A Steinway at the booth. They also are a Ronsen hammer supplier, specializing in pre-hung hammer sets featuring Abel, Tokiwa and WNG Parts.
t : 201 577-8397
Faulk Tuning Hammers
www.faulkPiano.com
Producer of light weight tuning hammers and other tools of the trade.
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.
Inventronics, Inc.
www.accu-tuner.com
Inventronics manufactures the Sanderson Accu-Tuner and has for over thirty years. Please stop by our booth to see our lastest products.
t: 800-FAST-440
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
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. Full Service Piano Parts Supplier. U.S. Distribution of Tokiwa Action Parts. Wire, Tuning Pins, Tools and Materials for Technicians and Rebuilder. Pacific "Gold Label" Hammers. Shop Services, including "Pre-hung" Hammers are available.
t : 818-700-2100
Period Piano Center
www.periodpianos.org
Period Piano Center supports piano conservation, collection, education and research. It sponsors the online piano database www.historicalpianosociety.org and has helped arrange for pianist Frank French, RPT, and Ken Eschete, RPT, RPT, who provides an all-day Thursday which includes piano conservation subjects.
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.
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
Pianotek Supply Company
www.pianoteksupply.com
Setting the standard for a new generation, Pianotek offers a complete line of piano parts, tools, supplies and services, including new keyboard manufacturing, key recovering and rebushing, hammer duplication and pre-hanging, pinblock duplication, backaction duplication and soundboard duplication. Parts include hammers by Abel, Ronsen, Imadegawa, and Tokiwa action parts, Bolduc pinblocks and soundboards, Dampp-Chaser products and a complete line of tools and supplies.
t : 800-347-3854
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
Reyburn CyberTuner & Tuning Hammers
www.reyburn.com
iRCT empowers professional Piano Technicians to do the highest quality tuning in the shortest amount of time. Our patented system attains an expert aural quality tuning in just one tuning pass from up to 15 cents from standard pitch. Nate's beautiful exotic wood high tech tuning hammers give the technician maximum control.
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
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
Sierra Software Services
www.goptools.com
Since 1989, Tremaine Parsons and Sierra Software Services has provided Pscale and Ptools Client Management to the Piano Technology Community. 2011-12 were dedicated to making sure that Pscale survived Windows 7 and porting Ptools Client Management to a “Server Side” environment for any computer device with an Internet Connection. WestPac IV will introduce Pscale 360. Pscale 360 runs on ALL Computers, Tablets, or Smart Phones and is fully functional even without an Internet Connection.
Superior Soundboard Panels
www.erwinspiano.com
The Erwin name is known among the industry for their custom and innovative piano restorations due in no small part to the custom soundboard panels they manufacture. What is less well known is that we offer these very same soundboard panels to the trade. Our passion for quality soundboard spruce (some may say obsession) and our attention to details sets us apart. Want it built your way? No problem. The Sitka Spruce and White Canadian soundboard spruce is selected on site in B.C. for uniform grain orientation from 14 to 28 grains an inch. The Erwin’s now supply a variety of other belly materials including rib stock in sugar pine, white spruce and Sitka spruce as well a Pre-crowned Board in a box? Erwins Wood Products...For technicians seeking a superior quality component for their piano rebuilds.
t : 209-577-8397
Supply88
Supply88 will be unveiling the first of a new line of products and services at Westpac, designed for piano technicians by piano technicians, with more to come in 2015
TPR Tools LLC
www.tprtools.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
Websites with Ease for Piano Tuners
www.PianoTunerWebsites.com
We offer affordable websites designed specifically for piano technicians. You can choose from our wide selection of attractive designs, and then we’ll customize your website to your business. Our websites are only $89, along with a monthly hosting fee. There’s no contract, so you can cancel at any time if you’re not 100% satisfied. Let us help you to reflect a professional image and expand your piano service business with this valuable marketing tool. Please visit our website at www.PianoTunerWebsites.com. You can reach us at 800-533-7998, and we’ll be happy to help you out.
t : 800-533-7998
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 Silent Pianos, and Yamaha Clavinovas. Yamaha Corp. of America also provides Bosendorfer technical and parts support for the United States of America.
t: 714-522-9417