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Join the Columbus Chapter of the Piano Technician’s Guild as we welcome Robert Murphy, Assistant Director of Piano Technology & Curator of Fortepianos at Oberlin College. Learn the fundamentals of harpsichord & fortepiano construction as well as action set-up so you can use that information to prep period instruments for performance use. Be prepared to shape/voice a plectrum and flagpole a tuning pin! Even if you never intend to service these instruments, learning about the precursor of the modern piano will be a good “tool” to have in your bag. Robert will have with him a 5-octave fortepiano cir. 1990’s by Tom & Barbara Wolf after Dulcken (1792).
Robert Murphy has 25 years experience as a College and University Technician (CAUT). In this capacity, he has prepared pianos, fortepianos, and harpsichords for performances and recordings during tenures at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Michigan State University, and Cornell University. He has been in demand as a concert technician for world-renowned artists at concert venues on many other college and university campuses, as well as prominent cultural arts centers including Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Meyerson Center in Dallas, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Avery Fisher Hall, and Alice Tully Hall. Murphy has served as an instructor for the annual C.F. Theodore Steinway Technical Academy – Steinway at Oberlin Summer Workshop.
Saturday, October 3, 2015 9:30am-3pm
Sponsored by the Columbus Chapter PTG
Church of the Master United Methodist
24 N. Grove St., Westerville, OH 43081
Across from Otterbein University
Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/qKyAs
Schedule for the day:
9am Check-in
9:30am Fortepiano Part I
11:30am Lunch break (Jersey Mike’s “box” lunch subs provided)
1pm-3pm Fortepiano Part II
Registration Fees & Information
PTG, Piano Teachers or College/Univ. Faculty
Before Sept. 3: $30 – After Sept. 3: $40
Non PTG members
Before Sept. 3: $50 – After Sept. 3: $60
Students
Before Sept. 3: $10 – After Sept. 3 – $15
All registrations must be received by Sept. 18.
Please make checks payable to Columbus Chapter PTG and mail to:
Kim Hoessly, RPT
4284 Kenny Rd.
Columbus, OH 43220