The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, May 8 starting at 7 p.m. at:

Frank and Camille's Keyboard Center
482 Walt Whitman Road (Route 110)
Melville, New York 11747
(631) 385-0606

Please note: Frank and Camille's closes at 8 p.m. The meeting must begin promptly.

This month's technical class will be a damper class given by our own Lee Dobrins entitled "Why Technicians Hate To Do Dampers!" It is a class that none of us will want to miss.

The Executive Committee can meet for dinner before the meeting at a local restaurant if there is interest. Contact Michael Slavin at (516) 781-8888, or send an email to slavinpiano@aol.com to make arrangements.

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Next month's meeting will be our year-end dinner party, to be held on Tuesday evening June 12, 2018 at 7 p.m. at:

Jonathan's Restaurant
2499 Jericho Turnpike
New Hyde Park, New York 11040
(516) 742-7300

The full four-course dinner is $49 per person, with an open bar. We hope everyone will plan to attend. Further details will appear in next month's newsletter.

It has become common practice to repair a broken hammer shank with a plastic drinking straw. However, many countries in Europe and now many cities in the United States have already banned plastic drinking straws out of environmental concerns, and there is a movement to eliminate their use entirely within our country. I therefore suggest that technicians begin saving as many straws as possible for future use for this simple and easy repair procedure.

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