Piano Makers
Spinets - Oh, My!
PTG
Where The Action Is
Squeaks
Human Body Parts
100
Patented the sostenuto pedal.
Who is Steinway?
100
The piano named for this American icon.
What is a Betsy Ross Spinet?
100
- I will render the best possible service under the circumstances, always keeping the best interests of my client in mind.
What is one of the PTG Codes of Ethics?
100
What are Steinway teflon bushings with center pins?
100
A synthetic material used by Baldwin that caused squeaks and clicks.
What is Corfam?
100
This vertical action part connects the key to the whippen in spinet pianos.
What is an elbow?
200
Experimented with aluminum plates in the 1940s.
Who is Winter & Co. Piano Manufacturers?
200
They create this predicament in many decrepit spinets.
What are broken plastic elbows?
200
The American Society of Piano Technicians (ASPT) and the National Association of Piano Tuners (NAPT)
What two organizations combined to become the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG)?
200
The distance between the hammer shank center pin and the wippen center pin.
What is action spread?
200
When this is engaged, a worn contact point between the return spring and the keyframe might squeak.
What is the una corda pedal? (left pedal, shift pedal)
200
This grand action part interfaces the repetition lever to the hammer shank.
What is a knuckle?
300
In 1969 they received a patent for their Accu-just hitch pin system.
Who is Baldwin?
300
What is a rubber grommet? Part of sticker assembly on some styles of spinets.
300
The national PTG dues amount for 2023.
What is $336?
300
This action may not tweet, but other sounds might come from the tuner when they see it.
What is a birdcage action? The correct name is the Overdamper action (or overdamped action). In Overdamper actions the dampers are above the level of the hammers, sitting nearer to the ends of the strings. All modern upright pianos have Underdamper actions, with the dampers below the hammers.
300
In newer pianos, this type of finish can cause squeaks in the bench or at the kneeboard.
What is polyester finish?
300
There are two of these wooden parts, one at either end of a piano keyboard.
What are cheek blocks?
400
66,282 units from 2005 to 2021.
What is the sales decline in acoustic pianos from 2005 to 2021?
95,518 units to 29,236 units.
400
The name of the spinet made by Baldwin which many believe was the best of this small model of piano.
What is an Acrosonic?
400
Ricki Klos
Who is the PTG secretary-treasurer?
400
The shaping process this grand hammer is about to receive
What is tail arcing?
400
They're difficult to get to, but tightening these screws on a vertical is the cure for a common squeaking problem.
What are bottom board screws?
400
This expansive, flat case panel stands immediately beneath the keybed in the vertical piano.
What is the knee board?
500
Though built to full size and worth a bit more, this maker made a Quarter Grand.
Who was Chickering?
500
A 1947 study showed that this percentage of all vertical pianos sold during that year were 37 inches or less in height.
What is 50 percent?
500
Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks, NV
Where is the 2024 Convention being held?
500
The process seen here.
What is whippen heel bolstering?
500
Bolstering knuckles not only restores their circular shape, but can eliminate grinding and squeaking sounds at this interface.
What is the repetition lever/jack interface?
500
There are two of these which serve as a mounting blocks for the front casters on large, old, upright pianos.
What are toe blocks?