<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"= > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=1>Hello Charles,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>That class is being offered on Saturday, period 2, in = the Delta room, and again on Sunday, period 1, also in the Delta room.  = The following is the class description:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Voicing the Yamaha Way <P class=MsoNormal>Terry Niimi, Director of Piano Services at Yamaha, = Yamaha concert technician and long-time instructor for the Technical Academy in = Japan, will demonstrate voicing a piano the way Yamaha does it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>He covers the regulation and = tuning essentials that lead to proper aftertouch and tone, and gives special = emphasis to voicing with a real-time demonstration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes">  </SPAN>This class is designed to take you through the Yamaha procedure, = with a close-up look at hammer shaping, fitting to strings, string leveling, = needling, etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Terry will show how = the job can be done in the most efficient, effective way. </P> <P class=MsoNormal>David Durben<BR>Piano Service Department Manager<BR>Ya= maha Corp. of America<BR>TEL (800) 854-1569  FAX (714) 522-9424<BR>email: = <A href="mailto:ddurben@yamaha.com">ddurben@yamaha.com</A><BR>Web: <A href="http://www.yamaha.com">http://www.yamaha.com</A><?xml:namespace = prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>>>> piano@charlesneuman.net 06/12/02 09:15AM >>><BR>The June Journal announces that there is a new class = taught by Terry Niimi<BR>from Yamaha about "voicing a piano the Yamaha way". But I = don't see it on<BR>the convention website anywhere. Anybody know anything = about it?<BR><BR>Charles<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>