December 9, 2011 The Story Behind the Beginnings of a National Organization
Although the first known attempt at creating a national organization for piano tuners goes back to 1892, it wasn’t until 1910 that success was finally in sight. Local tuners’ organizations were already in existence prior to 1890, such as in NYC and Chicago, as well as in other places, but it took a few men from the NYC association with a little fore-sight, prior... Read More
October 11, 2011 Defining things
DEFINITIONS:Bill Ayres = WeathermenBernadine Dorn = brainless hippie, wife of Bill AyresFrancis Fox Piven = bring the US down by bankrupting us Obama = thuggeryLiberalism = corruptionArab spring = Islamic tsunami... Read More
September 23, 2011 William Braid White’s Sidelight On History: The First Two Tries
1893The history of attempts to organize the tuners and piano technicians of this country is longer than most men of today suppose. During the great Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago, a group of these technical men from various parts of the country organized a National Tuners Association. Their purpose, so far as I have been able to find out, was to secure somet... Read More
September 14, 2011 The 1914 Annual Convention of the American Guild of Piano Tuners and Frank Morton
The fifth annual convention of the American Guild of Piano Tuners (AGPT) was held in Rochester, NY at the Hotel Seneca, from August 3 to 6, 1914. These early gatherings consisted of talks given by prominent tuners and other prominent "piano men" from around the country, discussion from the executive committee and delegates about the structure of the organization... Read More
September 7, 2011 2 Comments Los Angeles Revisited: Dolgeville in Alhambra, Cal.
Los Angeles Revisited: Dolgeville in Alhambra, Cal.... Read More
September 5, 2011 Alfred Dolge’s Piano Hammer Felt (or you can’t keep a good man down)
After Dolge was taken to the cleaners, and subsequently left Dolgeville, NY in 1899, he decided to make a new start in SoCal, just outside of LA by opening up the Alfred Dolge Manufacturing Co. in the new town of (you guessed it) Dolgeville California. In 1904 the company began manufacturing the same line of popular felt shoes and slippers as was done in NY, tog... Read More
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