The conference Institute team is working right now to secure exhibitors to fill the 5,000 square foot 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.
If you would like to secure a space in the exhibit hall, please contact Roger Gable at exhibits@pnwcptg.org.
Blackstone Valley Piano
www.pianoandorgankeys.com
Dedicated to advancing the art of keyboard restoration. Blackstone Valley Piano applies time honored traditional methods and tooling, combined with modern milling machines and CNC technology to restore vintage keyboards and fabricate new ones. Standard restoration supplies such as buttons, mortise inserts, key covers, and their adhesives are available to the trade and custom services, our specialty, are available upon request. CNC services from concept to fabrication, we have helped many in the trade design and produce jigs, fixtures, and cauls.
t : 508-278-9762
Brooks Ltd.
Fandrich & Sons Pianos
www.fandrich.com
Fandrich & Sons Pianos is family owned and operated. We offer Fandrich & Sons uprights built by Bohemia (Bechstein) featuring the Fandrich Vertical Action™ built by Renner. We also offer Fandrich & Sons grands prepared to musical quality comparable to high end instruments but at low/medium prices. We carry a selection of Steingraeber & Söhne, Feurich, August Förster and Bohemia pianos.
Flugelbauer Piano Supply
www.flugelbauer.com
Flugelbauer Piano Supply offers a unique selection of voicing tools and accessories. Flugelbauer, started and conceived by John Wilson, RPT, is on a quest to offer hard-to-find, quality hand tools for the discriminating piano technician. Flugelbauer's beautiful tools are second to none in the industry--a must have for every technician. Increase your earning power and make selling a voicing job easy with the Flguelbauer Voicing Kit, by Flugelbauer Piano Supply.
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
Lighthammer Piano
Moondog Manufacturing LLC
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
The Original Lightweight Tuning Hammer
Charles Faulk is a Registered Piano Technician. He has a Master of Music degree in piano performance. Charles worked as Quality Control Manager for the Baldwin Piano Company in the mid 70s and 80s. He has been making tuning levers for 13 years.
Petrof USA
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 Book / Brookside Press
For over twenty years, The Piano Book and the Annual Supplement 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 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
The Piano Rebuilders
The Piano Rebuilders is a group of independent piano professionals delivering comprehensive piano rebuilding services to the continental United States. The consortium consists of Michael Morvan, keys, Christopher Brown, RPT, action, Jude Reveley, RPT, belly, Kevin DeSano, finishes, and Rob Bushell, mover. Let our specialized resources assure the quality of your work and up your bottom line. Also, we have a unique suite of grand action set-up and regulation jigs for the trade. And they will pay their own way!
t : 978-486-0610
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.
The Pitchlock TouchRail - Precisely adjust touchweight in minutes. A profitable new opportunity for piano technicians. The TOUCHRAIL, now available from PitchLock Inc., offers a smart solution for touchweight control in grand pianos. Designed for easy installation and adjustment , the TouchRail can reduce key downweight by as much as 10 grams with virtually no loss of low key repetition. Can be used for either note-to-note or full-scale touch adjustment. Be among the first to experience this exciting new product.
PLC Insurance, LLC
www.plcins.com
PLC Insurance has worked with the Guild and its members since 1966. They have designed an Insurance Program for Piano Technicians to cover their business operations, tools they own and also property of others that maybe in their care.
t : 888-455-7554
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. Available in a Windows, Mac or Windows based PDA platform, RCT helps you tune faster and better, with more stability.
t : 888-soft440
Ritmuller - Skelley Piano
www.skelleypiano.com
Dan Skelley has been an RPT since 1980 when he joined the PTG in the New Orleans Chapter. Since Moving to the Pacific North West in 1995 he has had a selection of used pianos for sale, but it wasn’t until last year at the NAMM show where he heard the new Ritmullers that he decided to start selling a new line of pianos. Now it’s all about spreading the word about the beauty of Ritmuller.
Ronsen Piano Hammers
www.ronsen-hammer.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
Sauter Pianos
Steinway & Sons
WebSitings
www.websitings.net
Barb Barasa, RPT, has been designing and maintaining websites for individuals, businesses, and nonprofits for over 10 years, including this conference site, the site for the 2008 California PTG conference, The Voice of the Piano, Lawson's Keyboards (Eugene, OR), The Piano Book, Mother Goose Tools.
t : 541-552-9349
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.