G'day all, Well I promised I'd get back onto the list as soon as the Sydney APTTA Convention was done with, and we finished on Sunday night. Despite being a relatively small convention (a bit over 100 delegates) I think it went extremely well. Ron Overs was the star of the show lifting the veils on his new grand action, fitted to a Samick 225 rim and soundboard, with his own scale, bridges and some soundboard mods, this action reduces friction to unbelievable levels. Downweight was 50 gms and upweight was a bit over 40 gms. All I can say is that it was a delight to play giving great control and unbelievably fast. >From the US we invited Del Fandrich to come over and give a five class series on the soundboard ( agreat success) Mitch Keil revealed the inner secrets of Reyburn CyberTuner and Gayle Mair and Roger Wheelock shared the possibilities of Dampp-Chaser. Lucien Hut covered tone production from a different perspective and Dr Al Sanderson SAT'd us as well. Local techs shared thoughts on Action Design Basics (yours truly), Prepping new pianos, Player restoration materials, damper installation and regulation and all sorts of stuff including an expert in hearing doing some research on specific professions. But of course the best stuff was the social events where one and all shared a wonderful sense of bon homie as well as enjoying pre-Olympic Sydney. I look forward to picking the threads you've all been chatting about and having the time to respond occassionally. Nice to be back Cheers Mark Bolsius
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