The general meeting for this month will be held on Tuesday, October 14 starting at 7 p.m. at:

This month's technical class will be given by the NE Regional VP Chris Solliday. His talk is titled Working Your Plan Some More. Chris has operated a successful piano service business for over 30 years. Organizational techniques, sub-contracting, service calls, project management, low-tech and high-tech approaches, sales tips, marketing to the customer through the use of Guild literature, motivational exercises, and an introduction to the piano service business software application ExecuKey are some of the highlights covered in this class designed to make your business more profitable.

The Executive Committee will meet prior to the general meeting at 5 p.m. at the Olive Garden Restaurant, 1120 Old Country Road, Westbury, diagonally across the street from Frank and Camille's.

The 9/22/2008 meeting started at 7 p.m. with eight members and four guests. Two of the guests were prospective members. The secretary and treasurer's reports were read and accepted. Old business: Lee Dobrins showed us a thinner front rail punching that would make the touch more sensitive. New Business: Chris Solliday our RVP is coming in October. He suggested several topics that he could discuss and the chapter voted to have him discuss how PTG materials could help us. We discussed the change in the business because of the low priced pianos that are being sold and the fact that the tuner is usually not consulted in their selection. It was suggested that we promote ourselves by talking to the clients about the reasons for tuning on a regular basis. It was also suggested that we contact teachers to involve them in the selection and care of pianos. It was also suggested that we show the clients magazine articles about pianos to help them understand the need for proper care and the differences in quality of low end pianos vs. mid-priced ones. We also said we would arrange for testing of our two prospective members and Alex Kostakis volunteered his shop for the test. The meeting ended at 9 p.m.