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$1,199 PTG Members ($1,599 Non-Members)

Price includes:
• Thursday, Friday & Saturday lunch, Saturday dinner
• Transportation between Drury Inn and PTG Home Office
• Fully-illustrated Grand Regulation Workbook
• Grand Regulation in 37 Steps DVD Set

An intensive three-day skills-based course, Grand Action Regulation in 37 Steps will help you polish your skills in grand regulation and ensure that your clients' grand pianos are performing at full potential. Based on curriculum from Yamaha's "The Little Red Schoolhouse," participants will benefit from personal pianos, small group instruction and individual feedback. You will learn how to increase action control, even movement, maximize the dynamic range and achieve the fastest speed of repetition available. The course includes detailed demonstration and explanation of the 37 steps method of regulating a grand piano alternating with guided practice on each step. Successful participants will pass a final regulation skills assessment at the end of class.

Lodging
You'll enjoy your stay at our preferred hotel, the newly-remodeled Drury Inn Shawnee Mission. Features include free wireless internet, hot Quickstart breakfast, evening Kickback with hot food and cold beverages, free parking, in-room coffee service, microwave, refrigerator, flat panel LCD TV, 24 hour business center, 24 hour fitness center, and more. Great discounted PTG rate! Classes are scheduled all day Thursday - Saturday with a final session on Saturday night. PTG provides transportation between the Drury Inn and the PTG Home Office each day. We have a special discounted rate with the Drury. You'll receive reservation information with your class confirmation.

Travel
By air
The nearest airport is Kansas City International (MCI), about 30 minutes from the PTG Home Office.

Ground transportation
Super Shuttle • Reserve online or by calling 800-258-3826
Champion Shuttle
Taxi • Courtesy phones are located at convenient spots throughout terminals.
Rental car • Services are located in a centralized spot serviced by the Gray Shuttle
Uber also serves Kansas City.

By land
The PTG Home Office is located in Kansas City, Kansas conveniently close to interstates I-635, I-35 and I-70. The Drury Inn Shawnee Mission is located about three miles from the PTG Home Office at I-35 and Shawnee Mission Parkway in Merriam, Kansas. Download a map.

Register
  Online:     Online registration is closed. Please call to register.
  By phone:  Call Kathy Maxwell at 913-432-9975
  By mail:     Download a registration form.                 
  By fax:        913-432-9986
Questions? Contact Kathy at 913-432-9975 or kathy@ptg.org.
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Future PTG Academy Events
Visit the online PTG Academy at my.ptg.org.

March 5 - 7, 2020 - PTG Home Office, Kansas City
Voicing: Pragmatic, Intuitive, and Inclusive Tone Building
Jim Busby, RPT & Vince Mrykalo, RPT

March 27 & 28, 2020 - PTG Home Office, Kansas City
Polyester & Lacquer Finish Touch Up Academy
Mike Ello, RPT

Interested in hosting an Exam Prep on the Road?
Contact Kathy Maxwell, 913-276-5202 or kathy@ptg.org.

Interested in teaching a multi-day class at the Home Office in Kansas City?
Contact Kathy Maxwell, 913-276-5202 or kathy@ptg.org.