Hands-on Training for Piano Technicians

March 28-30, 2025

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The Advanced Hands-on Training will consist of over 20 stations, with videos on performing the repair or regulation. It is a great opportunity to practice and learn new skills. Facilitators will assist you, but this is a self-guided learning experience at your own pace. The cost is $250 for 20 hours of station access and includes food.

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Click here for pictures of previous training events...

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This event is reserved for current PTG members.

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Hosts are the CT chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild.Facilitator and creator: John Parham, RPT, North Carolina.

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If you are interested in attending, please email ptgct64@gmail.com. A registration form with payment information will be sent.​ Contact person: Gina Bonfietti

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Accommodations are at:
Courtyard by Marriott New Haven Orange/Milford 136 Marsh Hill Rd, Orange, CT 06477

Our special group rate is $129.00 plus tax for a King bed - $139.00 plus tax for two Double beds per night. Check-in is at 3:00, check out 12:00

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Last Day to Book: Friday, February 28, 2025

Please use the link below to book your room once you have paid your registration fee.

Book your group rate for Hands-On Training for Piano Technicians.​

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Getting there:

Port Jefferson Ferry, Bridgeport: 17 minutes

Tweed Airport (HVN), New Haven: 15 minutes,

Avelo/Breeze Union Station New Haven: 9 minutes,

Amtrak/Metro-North: West Haven Station: 6 minutes, Milford Station: 10 minutes.

 

Hours of Training Weekend:

The workroom is open from Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.,

Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.,

and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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Food will be provided:

Friday night: Light snack,

Saturday: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Sunday: Breakfast

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Tentative workstations include:

Over 20 work stations range from beginning to intermediate level.

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1- Making Good Measurements​​

1.1​ Using a Micrometer ​​
1.2​ Measuring Bass Strings​​
1.3 Using a Gram Gage

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​2- Working with String​​
2.1​ Bending Wire ​​
2.2​ Making Good Tuning Pin Coils​​
2.3​ Making Hitch Pin Loops​​
2.4​ Splicing a String ​​
2.5​ Installing a Single String​​
2.5.1 ​Install, Cut, Splice a String​​
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​3-Repairs​​
​3- Keys​​
3.1​ Spacing and Squaring Keys​​
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4- Hammers and Shanks​​
4.1​ Traveling Grand Hammers and Wippens​​
4.2​ Traveling and Aligning Vertical Hammer​​
4.3 ​Replacing Grand Hammers​​
4.4​ Replacing an Upright Hammer Shank​​
4.5 ​Setting up a Grand Hammer-Hanging Jig​​
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5- Dampers and Springs​​
5.1​ Replacing Vertical Damper Springs​​
5.2​ Replacing Vertical Hammer Return Springs​​ 5.3​ Aligning Vertical Dampers​​
5.4​ Aligning Grand Dampers​​
5.5​ Do-No-Harm Vertical Damper Wire Bending​​ ​​​

7- Rebushing​​
7.1 ​Making Key Bushings​​
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8- Tuning Pins​​
8.1 ​Install a New Tuning Pin​​
8.2​ Remove a Broken Tuning Pin​​
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​9- Agraffe​​

9.1​ Removing a Broken Agraffe​​ ​​​

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​10- Grand Wippen and Jack​​
10.1​ Replacing a Broken Wippen Cord​​
10.2​ Centering a Grand Jack in Wippen Window​​ ​​​

​11- Regulation​​
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12- Aftertouch​​
12.1​ Adjusting Grand After Touch​​
12.2 ​Adjusting Vertical Jack

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