Self Tuning Piano System

[Brian Lawson]

I'm packing my bag and heading for the hills

Brian



----- Original Message -----
From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Sent: 25 February, 2002 09:13 PM
Subject: Self Tuning Piano System


List,
This news today.  I personally don't believe it's possible and even if it
is, it's bound to be a lousy facsimile of the real thing just like all the
rest of their junk.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin

QRS Music Technologies, Inc. To Develop Self-Tuning Piano System; Worldwide
Rights Granted to Sublicense the Technology


NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002--QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
(OTCBB: QRSM) announced today that it has acquired the exclusive worldwide
rights to manufacture, sublicense and sell a Self-Tuning Piano System.
Presently, the system does not have a trade name.

Richard A. Dolan, President and Chairman said: "The self-tuning piano system
will be designed into the manufacture of a piano and will allow the piano to
maintain itself in tune electronically. This device is perhaps the most
important addition to the basic piano design ever made. The pianist is
virtually the only modern musician who cannot tune his/her own instrument.
This device will permit a piano to be completely tuned before each use in a
few minutes, simply by turning on a switch."

Dolan added: "This Self-Tuning Piano System will become the standard by
which all pianos will be judged. To the piano world, this will have the same
impact as air bags had on the automobile world, `Before or after.' The
quality of each piano performance will be improved simply by having the
piano in the best tune possible."

QRS Music Technologies acquired the rights to develop this unique technology
from the inventor, Don A. Gilmore, Kansas City, Missouri. Under the terms of
the Patent License Agreement, QRS Music Technologies will pay for the cost
of developing the technology and will have a seven-year exclusive use of the
technology with the first right of refusal to renew the agreement. The
royalty payment amount was not disclosed. A U.S. Patent Application has been
made. QRS Music Technologies will have the worldwide right to grant
sublicenses.

QRS Music Technologies expects the product to be available this fall and
will be shown at the National Association of Musical Manufacturers ("NAMM")
annual convention in Los Angeles next January. The retail price of the
self-tuner has not been determined. Presently, the average manual tuning
service fee in the United States is about $75 and is usually necessary at
least twice a year. This new technology involves no motors or moving parts.

The QRS Pianomation(TM) system can turn any piano into a reproducing player
piano. A hardware and software process can store and transport Musical
Instrument Digital Interface ("MIDI") information as an analog signal. This
process gives QRS the ability to store, and wirelessly transmit, MIDI
performance data in an analog format from a controller (CD, video, cassette,
DVD, DAT or Minidisc) to the receiver on the piano. This creates numerous
possibilities. For example, most off-the-shelf audio equipment has a left
and right channel available for use. State-of-the-art technology permits QRS
to store the digital signal in an analog format on the left channel of the
software which operates those players. This leaves the right channel
available for live prerecorded audio music, even vocal recordings.
Pianomation(TM) blends them together in perfect harmony and perfect
synchronization. The Pianomation(TM) MIDI System is the first product of its
kind to "marry" analog and digital t! echnology.

QRS Music Technologies' World Wide Web site is www.QRSMusic.com. Sample
audio selections are available at the Web Site. QRS Music Technologies,
Inc.'s stock is traded Over-The-Counter on the OTCBB: QRSM.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, events or
performances are forward-looking statements. Any statements containing
words, such as, "believes," "should," "anticipates," "plans," or "expects"
is forward-looking, and these statements involve risks and uncertainties and
are based on current expectations. Consequently, actual results could differ
materially from the expectations expressed in these forward-looking
statements.

CONTACT:

QRS Music Technologies, Inc.

Chuck Campbell, 708/798-9405

www.QRSMusic.com