MPT

[N&B Brickman]

Following up on requests from last Saturday:  [This is my second try at
posting this response - I am still having access problems and I don't think
the previous note made it.]
      Master Piano Technicians of America, Inc., was started in 1976 by a group
of technicians.  As with the Canadian technician organizations, many MPT
members have dual membership with PTG.
      We have 185 members in about 35 states (and Canada) but most are in the
Eastern US.  I have been the editor of our newsletter for several years, and
publish it 4 times a year.  We have one national convention a year (this
year it is in Lexington, Kentucky, in July), but of course local chapters
meet on a regular basis.  Dues is 25 dollars per year.
      Local chapters are mostly autonomous, including setting the requirements
for membership.  Requirements for membership for those not within the area
of a local chapter are controlled by the national organization.
      The national membership chairman is Joe Benvenuto, 129 West Nippon Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119 (phone 215.247.1747).

                Norman Brickman
                nbb@us.net
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>> John,
>>         Master Piano Technicians of America, Inc. (MPT), is another example
>> of a small, independent, piano technicians organization - except located in
>> the United States.  We currently have 185 member nationwide, with most being
>> in the Eastern US.
>>                 Norman Brickman
>>                 nbb@us.net
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>     Could you tell the group what your organization does, and who it's
>members are, and when it was founded?    Thanks.
>
>
>John Minor
>University of Illinois
>jminor@uiuc.edu
>
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>Norman,
>Would you elaborate on the Master Piano Technicians of America please?
>Membership requirments, is there a publication?,that sort of
>thing.....Thanks!
>
>Paul E. Dempsey
>Marshall University
>Huntington,WV
>wippen@aol.com
>
nbb@us.net