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APTTA CONVENTION 2023
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The lecture schedule is still being finalised and more details will be added as they come to us so please check back later for the latest info. 
IT'S GRAND TO BE UPRIGHT
​FRIDAY OCTOBER 6th
Time
Samford Room
Australian Piano Warehouse Room
Schimmel Room
Yamaha Room
Kawai Room
8.30 - 10am
Registration Open
Exhibitor Setup
Room setup
Room setup
Room setup
10.30 - 12pm
APTTA Committee Meeting
Exhibitor Setup
Room setup
Room setup
Room setup
1.00 - 2.30pm
APTTA Examiners Meeting
​Exhibitor Setup
Room setup
Room setup
Room setup
3.00 - 4.30pm
Registration Open
APTTA General Meeting, AGM & Election of Officers
Room setup
Room setup
Room setup
7.00 - 9.00 pm - Welcoming Function - Hilton Hotel Poolside Terrace. 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 7th
Time
Samford Room
Australian Piano Warehouse Room
Schimmel Room
Yamaha Room
​Kawai Room
8.30 - 10am
Registration Open
David Stanwood.
'The Stanwood New Action Protocol for grand pianos.' SNAP.
Luke Ehresman & Tomthy Barnes
'Grow with Gazelle'
Terry Miller
'The Hidden
Mechanisms'
Jeff Ost
'Celluloid keytop replacement'
10.30 - 12pm
Registration Open
Lothar Kiesche
Schimmell
Keynote Speaker
No Lecture
Keynote Speaker
No Lecture
Keynote Speaker
No Lecture
Keynote Speaker
1.30 - 3.00pm
Registration Open
David Salmon
'Practical Accoustics'
Nate Reyburn
'Tuning Your Way with AI mode'
Julian Morgan-Smith
Yamaha
'Hybrid piano
servicing'
Les Davies &
Bradley Saul

'Hot tips for the old & rundown'
3.30 - 5.00pm
Registration Open
Paul Tunzi
'How to approach
historical keyboard repairs'
Nate Reyburn
'Keyboard & action 
replacement'
Terry Miller
'Making a
workspace'

Wim Blees
'Pitch raising
myths & facts'
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APW Exhibition Hall. Saturday 7th.
10.00 - 10.30 - Morning Tea
12.00 - 1.30 - Lunch
3.00 - 3.30 - Afternoon Tea
7.00 pm - Informal Dinner - Hilton Hotel Poolside Terrace.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 8th
Time
Samford Room
Australian Piano Warehouse Room
Schimmel Room
 
Yamaha Room
Kawai Room
8.30 - 10am
Convention Office
Yuji Nakamura
'Practical ways of
correcting touch-weight problems'
Timothy Barnes
'Running a profitable piano 
servicing business'
Robert Langley
Yamaha
'Working with Retailers'
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David Jenkin
Kawai
'Fine, fast & fastidious grand regulation'
10.30 - 12pm
Convention Office
Dr. Li Yeoh
‘Keys to Resilience’
'The art & science of piano rebuilding'
Lothar Kiesche
'Regulation checklist for Schimmel
instruments Part 1'
Terry Miller
'Exercising the workspace'
David Jenkin
Kawai
'Fine, fast & fastidious grand regulation'
1.30 - 3.00pm
Convention Office
Dr. Li Yeoh
‘Keys to Resilience’
'The art & science of piano rebuilding'
Lothar Kiesche
'Regulation checklist for Schimmel
instruments Part 2'
Terry Miller
'Exercising the workspace'
 
Kerry Cooper
'How 3D printing can help in your repair business'
3.30 - 5.00pm
Convention Office
Paul Tunzi
Keynote Speaker
‘First Fleet Piano’
No lecture
Keynote Speaker
​​No lecture
Keynote Speaker
No lecture
Keynote speaker
Coffee
APW Exhibition Hall. Sunday 8th.
10.00 - 10.30 - Morning Tea
12.00 - 1.30 - Lunch
3.00 - 3.30 - Afternoon Tea
7.00 - 11.00pm - APTTA Formal Dinner. Grand Ballroom A

MONDAY OCTOBER 9th
Time
Samford Room
Australian Piano Warehouse Room
Schimmel Room
Yamaha Room
​Kawai Room
8.30 - 10am
Convention Office
Michael Ryan
'Hammer head boring using measuring gauges & jigs'
Nate Reyburn
'Tune Jitsu
Ergonomic Tuning'
Timothy Barnes
'Pricing Piano Services'
(A complement to the Profitable Business Class)​
Wytze Hoekstra
'A new Approach to Key & Hammer Weighting'
10.30 - 12pm
Convention Office
Michael Ryan
'Hammer head boring using measuring gauges & jigs'
Kerry Cooper
'How 3D printing can help in your repair business'
​​​Timothy Barnes
'Creating Estmates that Sell'
Les Davies & Bradley Saul
'Hot tips for the old & rundown'
APW Exhibition Hall. Monday 9th.
10.00 - 10.30 - Morning Tea
​Lunch 12 - 1.30

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