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The IAPBT
(International Association of Piano Builders and Technicians)
was established in Minneapolis in the United States in
July of l979. The Association came into existence under
an agreement between Nobuo Tanake, Chairman of the JPTA
and Donald Morton, Chairman of the IAPBT, with the stipulation
that they would serve as co-chairman for a period of two
years.
The main purpose of the association'sagenda is to pursue
more advanced techniques, and to improve and maintain
the quality of pianos. To achieve this goal, the association
fosters the international exchange of piano technicians
and builders, while promoting cooperation for the purpose
of exchanging scientific research.
Basically, one member association represents one country-
An individual is granted membership status only when he
can find in his country no organization belonging to the
IAPBT. The Venues of General Assemblies held since the
IAPBT was incepted are shown below. |
| - 2nd meeting, April
1981 |
Thun, Switzerland |
| - 3rd meeting,
Mayl983 |
Tokyo, Japan |
| - 4th meeting,
July l985 |
Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| - 5th meeting,
July 1987 |
Toronto, Canada |
| - 6th meeting,
June 1989 |
Kyoto, Japan |
| - 7th meeting,
July 1991 |
Seoul, Korea |
| - 8th meeting,
June 1993 |
Colochester England |
| - 9th meeting,
June 1995 |
Albuquerque, USA |
| - 10th meeting,
June 1997 |
Emmetten, Switzerland |
| - 11th meeting,
May 1999 |
Hamamatsu, Japan |
| - 12th meeting,
May 200 |
Bristol, England |
| - 13th meeting,
May 2003 |
Dessau, Germany |
| - 14th meeting,
June 2005 |
Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
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The current
participating organizations include the PTG of the United
States (4,000 members), JPTA of Japan (3,000 members),
the KAPT of Korea (1,200members), the TPTA of Taiwan (300
members) and the APTTA of Australia (250 members). Individual
members are spread throughout countries, suchas Hong Kong,
Greece, Republic of Cyprus, Argentina and Uzbekistan.
Euro Piano is an association of 12 countries which are
the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Russia and the
Netherlands.
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