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 material 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.

John Musselwhite, RPT -  Calgary, Alberta Canada
Registered Piano Technician   http://www.musselwhite.com
email: john@musselwhite.com