Pianotech Live Chat

[John Musselwhite]

(Message updated January 25, 1999)

Hello Everyone:

This is your weekly reminder of our regular Tuesday and Thursday night live
chat on Starlink.  (**Please note: "Starlink" and "Starlink-IRC are separate
networks**). There is generally someone in the  #pianotech Channel from 8:30 PM
to 1:30 AM (or so) Eastern Standard time.  

This is an excellent opportunity to interact with other technicians worldwide
in real time. On either of the two nights you may run into many people whom you
may know from these lists and from conventions. Discussions range from shop
talk about tools and techniques to piano design and of course, using the
Internet. Additional public and private "rooms" can be set up instantly for
mini-technicals if required without having to leave the #pianotech channel.

The #pianotech "ftp" site, with MIDI files, pictures and other materials used
in current and previous discussions can be found at:
http://www.musselwhite.com/pub

For those with WWW access, complete information about the IRC channel can be
found on the excellent "Official #Pianotech WWW Page" at:

http://www.clandjop.com/~dkvander/ircpiano.html

The IRC Piano page has links to where you can download IRC clients for Windows
and the Mac if you do not currently have a program that allows you to connect
to us on IRC. Information for AOL users and the addresses of IRC "servers" that
carry #pianotech are listed. Regular participants can have their information on
the page by sending the info to David at mailto:dkvander@clandjop.com 
Many thanks to Kathleen and David Vanderhoofven for developing and hosting the
page.

For detailed information on Starlink including a list of servers point your WWW
browser to: http://www.starlink.org/

If anyone has any questions, please EMail myself or David unless you feel the
list participants might be interested. Live chat is a great way to exchange
ideas or just spend some time in friendly conversation with like-minded people.

We're hoping to see some of you Tuesday and/or Thursday evenings (or ANY
night!)  in  #pianotech on Starlink.