15 years of piano scale design observations

This class will present scale design fundamentals and an overview of up to 200 original scale designs by different manufacturers old and new. Comparisons between manufacturers will be derived and we will speculate regarding who copied whom. Observations regarding weaker and stronger design aspects will be presented and discussed. Audio recordings will be on hand to demonstrate aural proof that scale design is much more than smoke and mirrors. Participants will also be reminded that scale design is only one important part of the larger picture.
1 class session

Using Pscale to evaluate piano scale design

This class will be presented by the author of Pscale, a piano scale evaluation program that has been used by numerous Piano Technicians, Universities, and Piano Manufacturers since 1989. This class will be appropriate for Pscale users as well as anyone who would like to see how the computer can aid in evaluating scale design. Audio recordings will be on hand to demonstrate aural proof that scale design is much more than smoke and mirrors. Participants will also be reminded that scale design is only one important part of the larger picture.
1 class session.

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Bio: Tremaine Parsons

Tremaine Parsons, RPT, was introduced to Piano Technology in 1969 when his piano technician (after a fourth call back) taught him to re-glue upright jack posts using two kitchen knives and a piece of coat hanger to clear the mortise. Seeking higher standards, Tremaine attended North Bennet St. School of Piano Technology for one year graduating in 1974.

While building a successful tuning, repair, and rebuilding business in the suburbs of Boston MA, Tremaine became interested in computers during the mid 80’s and released his first version of Pscale (piano scaling program) three months after seeing a demonstration of the Atari scaling program at a chapter meeting held at Inventronics in 1989.

In 1992, Tremaine relocated to California and, while building a new tuning clientele during this decade, established Sierra Software Services, ported Pscale to the Windows platform, developed the Ptools client management program, and was recruited to create numerous web sites for small businesses in his area.

In 2001, Tremaine established an Internet Service Provider company offering low cost Internet dial-up and Web hosting Services.