Links pnotec--- home for piano tuners

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WWW sites of interest to tuners

www.ptg.org The site of Piano Technicians' Guild.
mirc chat Between 8:00pm --- 1:00am CST Tues and Thurs evenings. Chat with piano technicians. All are welcome.
http://www.pianoatlas.com/ Pierce Piano Atlas. Lists over 3,000 names and dates of manufacture according to serial number.
Constantines has rose wood up to 2" x 2" x 20" and they also have
smaller sizes. See http://www.constantines.com/
www.piano-stopper.de/homepe.htm Offers a virtual machine to show how strings will
sound at different sizes and wraps. (from pianotec list)

Tuner's Sites

www.degenspiano.com Serving Florida and the Caribbean.

Player Piano related

http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/studio.htm containing a history of player
piano rolls.

Books Publications Literature

Piano International. The BEST publication for and about pianists past and present, piano music, disc reviews, performance and competition announcements and critiques. www.pianomagazine.com

On the Sensation of Tone- (As a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music). by Herman Helmholtz. 1877 4th ed. Translated by Alexander J. Ellis. 1885.2nd ed. Dover Publications. www.doverpublications.com An absolute must for not only tuners but musicians to see how 19th century science viewed such concepts as hearing, tone, harmonics, beats, historic and ethnic music systems, history of pitch standards, methods of determining frequency of pitches before electronic instruments, histories of tuning systems such as Meantone and Equal Temperament. AJ Ellis is the inventor of "cents" and presents the concept in his appendices of his translation.
Piano Tuning and Allied Arts William Braid White 5th ed.1946 If there is a "bible" for piano tuners this is it. First published in 1917 and running through 5 editions until 1946, it is still as contemporary as all the other books on tuning and regulation published since the 1970's. My copy shows a twentieth printing in 1975.
Piano Servicing, Tuning, & Rebuilding - for the professional, the Student, the Hobbyist. Arthur Reblitz. 1976. Ok there are two bibles. There is a second edition published in the 90's. Can be seen in most local libraries. Indispensable for the aspiring tuner. Excellent reference for the pro.
Pierce Piano Atlas. http://www.pianoatlas.com/ Find out when your piano was made.

Music Trades Magazine. www.musictrades.com Published since the 1890's THE source of information of the global music industry, (except recording). See what happens to Baldwin under Gibson. See the quarterly stats of companies like Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Samick, Pearl River, Sherman Clay, Guitar Center, Daddy's Junky Music, et al

Political
http://www.opednews.com/ This is *Liberal* For conservative try Ask Jeeves or send in your suggestions.

FOOTNOTES. I can't claim this one---only that I saw it on a billboard in South Carolina advertising a barbeque and meat market. "You never sausage a place". I can't remember the name or location or I would certainly give credit where credit is due. "Die Wurst" comments Stan Ryberg editor of "The Wippen Post" the newsletter of the Chicago chapter of PTG. ---rm back