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(Archived) – August 17, 2024

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(Archived) – June 11, 2024 – SEMINAR – INSIGHT #3 “Ideas For Repairs-New and Old”

We welcome Denis Brassard who will be giving a technical presentation entitled “Ideas For Repairs-New and Old”. This will be held on June 11th, 2024 at 7:30 PM Eastern Time. Denis has worked for the University of Western Ontario in London, The Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, the Potsdam campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) and finally at the University of Montreal. He is an experienced concert piano technician who also is innovative in his approach to piano care maintenance. We are sure you will benefit from his presentation which will be very practical for servicing instruments in a variety of concert and non-concert settings. Although the presentation will be in English, as you know, Denis is conversant in both official languages. So please feel free to field any questions to him in our Q & A portion of the program in either language.

We will be conducting the meeting on Zoom. The one-time attendance fee is $35 which can be applied toward the annual fee of $99 should you wish to become a Member of CAPT/ACAP and enjoy a full year of subsequent presentations without paying extra for them. Thank you and we hope to see you at Denis’s presentation.

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(Francais) Nous accueillons Denis Brassard qui donnera une présentation technique intitulée “Idées de réparations – nouvelles et anciennes”. Cette présentation aura lieu le 11 juin 2024 à 19h30, heure de l’Est.

Denis a travaillé pour l’Université de Western Ontario à London, le Banff Centre for the Arts en Alberta, le campus de Potsdam de l’Université de l’État de New York (SUNY) et finalement à l’Université de Montréal. Il est un technicien de piano de concert expérimenté et innovateur dans son approche de l’entretien des pianos. Nous sommes convaincus que vous tirerez profit de sa présentation, qui sera très pratique pour l’entretien des instruments dans divers contextes de concert et autres. La présentation se fera en anglais, mais comme vous le savez, Denis parle couramment les deux langues officielles. N’hésitez donc pas à lui poser des questions dans l’une ou l’autre langue au cours de la période de questions et réponses du programme.

La réunion se déroulera sur Zoom. Les frais de participation uniques sont de 35 $ et peuvent être appliqués à la cotisation annuelle de 99 $ si vous souhaitez devenir Membre de CAPT/ACAP et profiter d’une année complète de présentations subséquentes sans avoir à payer de frais supplémentaires.

Nous vous remercions et espérons vous voir à la présentation de Denis.

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(Archived) April 23, 2024 – SEMINAR – INSIGHT #2 – an online panel discussion led by Jurgen Goering of Nanaimo, BC on succession planning and retirement … April 23, 2024; 8:00PM EDT (Toronto). Please adjust for the time zone in your location.

What are your plans for retirement? Are you hoping to stop working altogether or are you planning to slowly reduce your work schedule in moving toward retirement? Are you retired already? Is there a way to evaluate what your business is worth at retirement? What suggestions can be employed now to increase the value of our business? For example, can we take advantage of the present piano glut and build a piano rental inventory? Are you training or mentoring someone to eventually take over the business?

This event is free for current 2024 members and $25.00 for non-members. Current members have been advised of this event by email and have received the Zoom meeting connection details. Pre-registration required for attendees who are not current 2024 CAPT/ACAP members in order to receive the Zoom details. Allow sufficient time (at least a day before the event) to receive email confirmation of your pre-registration and the Zoom meeting connection details. Attendees may choose to apply this payment toward 2024 membership in the future.)