NZ piano tuners and technicians guild

19/03/2024

Here you go guys, the only thing you’ll ever need in your tool box!
The revered Ensetmble Hammer!

18/02/2024

Beethoven just hiding down here for some reason.

19/11/2023

We held regular weekend workshop last week in New Plymouth. It was beautiful weather and we could see Mount Taranaki clearly.

Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild of New Zealand held regular weekend workshop with SGM in New Plymouth on 11 & 12 November 2023. This weekend was hosted by...

31/03/2023

Dear members and friends,
Our parent association, Australasian Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild (APTTA) will hold bi-annual convention 2023 in Brisbane, Qld. Special convention website is now live and you can register online.
We encourage our members to check the website and register sooner than later.
We welcome non-members to join this special event. We've invited famous presenters from overseas as well as our own highly skilled craft men. Please check them out at the website.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Brisbane in October!

Brought to you by your generous sponsors

21/09/2022

That’s a yes to the reversible clamps.

13/09/2022

This poor woman has had her piano “tuned” four times in the last 10 years. Nobody was honest with her about the condition. She was surprised by the frank conversation we had.

01/10/2021

Michael is ex-president and current vice president of our parent organization, Australasian Piano Tuners and Technicians Association. Also President of Queensland Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild.
One of top piano tuners/technicians in Australasia (Australia & New Zealand).

Michael Ryan (Piano Technician) discusses his role at QPAC and the future of the piano tuning trade in Australia.

16/04/2021

Hi all, this is summary video of recent our meeting in Invercargill.

https://youtu.be/TAQg13YrcWg

Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild of New Zealand held regular weekend workshop with AGM in Invercargill on 10 April. This weekend was added "Stewart Island ...

03/11/2020

Dear friends, we held regular technical workshop last weekend and this is the summery video to show what we are doing. Please visit and find us out.

https://youtu.be/I1M0BJ6L17M

Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild of New Zealand held regular weekend workshop in Christchurch on 31 Oct and 1 Nov. This weekend was added "Training day" on...

15/07/2020

Dear members,
As noticed at latest magazine, we are having AGM and weekend workshop on Sat 8th & Sun 9th August. Programme is below. Please come along and catch up with fellow technicians!
RSVP Kevin Hanna if you haven't done so.

We are also having training day on Friday 7th. It will be good opportunity for junior technicians including apprentices and trainees to get alternative advices and hands on experiences. Several veteran members will guide wherever participants want to learn. Let us know your interest.

Friday 7th
Junior technician training day

Saturday 8th
9.00am Annual General Meeting
11.00 Practical voicing and touch ups - Yuji Nakamura
12.00 Lunch
12.45 ARPT Exam and what to expect. - Kevin Hanna
1.45 Grand piano action design - François-Jérôme
3.00 Grand piano action design continued
4.00 Photo-player demonstration, short silent movie

Sunday 9th
9.00 Factory style upright damper replacement - David Jenkin
10.30 Key-front replacement - Nathan & Kevin
11.00 Hammer re-shaping - Graeme Harvey
12.00 Finish

21/06/2020

Prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern made "piano cake" for her daughter's birthday. She shows importance of equality between blacks and whites!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12341589

Jacinda Ardern has revealed the secret to the cake's 'structural stability ' issues.

18/08/2019

Dear members,

Upcoming APTTA convention in Melbourne is just 2 months away. Have you registered already? Please do so as soon as possible if you are keen to participate. Go to this link:
https://www.pianotuners.asn.au/convention-2019

At the convention, we are having election of APTTA board of Directors/ Executive committee who will lead the association next two years. Brad, our secretary will be sending out nomination form to you very soon. You can nominate a member of our Guild to the APTTA committee. Please send it back to Brad by 9th Sep.

Please contact committee members if you were not clear about this.

Warm regards,
Yuji Nakamura, president, PTTGNZ

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to “A Grand Adventure”, the 18th APTTA Convention and Piano Expo in Melbourne, hosted by the Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild of Victoria. The convention will run from the 17th – 20th October 2019 at Hyatt Place in Essendon Fields, Melbourne.It has...

28/05/2019

Dear PTTGNZ members and followers, here is Yuji Nakamura. I participated IAPBT convention 2019 in Hamamatsu. There were 850 participants from all over the world! Especially a big number of people were coming from China, Korea and Taiwan. Of course the biggest participants were Japanese, more than 700 technicians, what a surprise!
Given lecturers included Steinway, Fazioli, Yamaha, Kawai, Bosendorfer, Bechstein, Renner, Bolduc and myself.
All branches of Japan Piano Tuners Association exhibited their local unique ideas and goods etc. Also many piano related companies were exhibited such as Yamaha, Kawai, Tokiwa piano parts, Imadegawa hammers, Renner and so on.
It was great experience.

01/05/2019

PTTGNZ had AGM and weekend workshop in Christchurch last weekend. Good to see 15 members attended from all over New Zealand.

At AGM, Yuji Nakamura was elected as our new president.
Graeme Harvey was elected as vice-president.
David Salmon was re-elected as treasurer.
Brad MacClure was re-elected as secretary.

We started technical seminars after lunch.
David J presented about tuning which he will be presenting at APTTA convention 2019 in Melbourne.
David S showed bridge capping as well as explaining various pianos in their workshop.
Nick, apprentice of the Hoekstra Piano who hosted this weekend, explained his first big rebuild, S&S model O.
Wytze, the owner of the company showed voicing including considering hammer felt structure etc.

Thank you very much for hosting this weekend to Wytze and his team. It was another wonderful weekend.
Last photo was taken from summit station of The Gondola where participants visited after Sunday session.
See our members at next weekend meeting in Auckland in November.

14/07/2018

This won't happen as manufactured in NZ probably. But a brand (which sounds like Japanese) has been brought into NZ even manufactured in China.

14/04/2018

Our AGM in Pirongia (Waikato) today!
Congratulations to Veronica and Stephen for their ARPT certificates.
Twenty four in attendance
Currently discussing touch weight analysis with the masterful Yuji Nakamura.

19/10/2017

Day 3, APTTA Convention Adelaide

Lectures and Gala Dinner

Lecturers for the day:
- Mark Burgett (USA), Mason & Hamlin
- David Arney (Australia), Tuning plank replacement
- Kerry Cooper (Australia), Upright damper
- Michael Ryan (Australia), Renner hammers & tools
- Wim Blees (USA), Repairs, regulation of old uprights
- Brent Ottley (Australia), Yamaha Disklavier
- Andre Oorebeek (Holland), Voicing (continued from Day 1)
- Norbert Abel (Germany), Abel hammers part 2
- Yuji Nakamura (New Zealand), Grand action set up & inertia