ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
May Meeting: (3rd Monday)
Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Keyboard Concepts, Tustin
(the 5 freeway and Jamboree)
In order to avoid the Memorial Day holiday, we will be meeting on the 3rd Monday in May. We will be back at Keyboard Concepts in Tustin to hear the incomparable Issac Sadigursky delight us with a topic of his choice. Come early and enjoy the food and fellowship!
Our April meeting featured Mike Kemper from the LA chapter on the subject of modern day piano reproducing systems. From the PianoCorder of the '70s to the sophisticated Bosendorfer player, Mike explained them all with parts and circuit board examples. Especially nice were his excellent graphics projected on the screen. I learned that in order to make a solenoid hit the key harder or softer, the voltage is not increased or decreased but is triggered by Pulse Width Modulation (you will have to take his class at the Anaheim convention in June to hear the rest.)
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Notice: Knotts Berry Farm is selling the Steinway B in the Good Time Theatre. It is Serial #276966 (1933). It needs everything (restringing, pinblock, agraffes, new action parts, refinishing). The keys and soundboard are OK. Call Craig Harreld at 714-220-5384. They are looking for bids around $12,000 or best offer.