Welcome to the Phoenix Chapter of the

Piano Technicians Guild

Stilwell Pianos

1941 W. Guadalupe Rd. #115,

We will discuss the upcoming 2025 Council Session, in particular how the chapter wishes their vote to be represented for the President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Western Regional Vice President. We will also discuss the agenda for the session—which we be available on June 13th—and note any matters the chapter wishes the delegate to express before the Board of Directors in the open forum.
To prepare for the discussion, feel free to login and review the documents at the following links:
- PTG 2025-02 Bylaws
- 2025 Council Agenda
  - Scheduled to be available on June 13th, under Forms & Documents – Council Documents – 2025
- Robert’s Rules of Order
- Bylaws – PTG Phoenix, Chapter #851

Join us as we welcome and learn from Jason Allen, a seasoned piano technician with over 20 years of experience. His resumé includes work with the Antique Piano Shop in Tennessee, 5 years in the action rebuilding dept. of the Faust Harrison factory in New York, 3 years in California as the head technician for five Faust Harrison stores and one warehouse, as well as extensive training from top technicians at Bechstein, Yamaha, Bösendorfer, and more. Jason will be sharing his insights on Complete Voicing, drawing from his extensive hands-on training across the country!

TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 6:30 PM

Meeting called to order at 6:57pm. Members present were reminded about the upcoming restructuring of communications with Google Groups, and to check their emails to join the new announcement-only group.
Our chapter is exhibiting at the MTNA meeting at the end of May, and volunteers are needed to represent the chapter at our booth. Business ended at 7:11pm, and the vote was postponed until after the technical presentation to allow for more members to be present.
Vote held after technical presentation. The newly elected officers are as follows:
- President – Michael Stilwell
- Vice President – Matt Brown, RPT
- Secretary – Jon Aycock
- Treasurer – Steven Gevirtz, RPT
- Council Delegate – Jon Aycock
- Alternate – G. Eliot Lee, RPT

Galen led a discussion regarding the immense opportunity brought on by the introduction of the Key Measuring Device (KMD). Piano Technicians have never before had a chance to take such a large quantity of measurements with such ease, and this is extremely promising for the industry if technicians can take advantage of the statistics available to them.
A variety of graphs were presented with measurements from the KMD software, displaying the down weight, balance weight, up weight, friction, and key dip from a large selection of pianos. With a little familiarization, it soon becomes easy to get an overall impression of the pianos health with just a glance at a graph or two.