<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2838" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>We have a fellow in our St. Louis chapter (Beau Moses) who is employed at the Scott Joplin House (museum) to play, you guessed it, mostly rags.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I love ragtime but most people play it way, way, wayyyyyy too fast.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jim@pianoguy.com href="mailto:jim@pianoguy.com">Jim</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 04/03/2006 2:54:23 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Joplin, MO piano festival</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT size=2>Ragtime!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wow . . I don't know anyone who still plays ragtime, other than John Arpin from Canada. . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>My dad started the Ragtime Society in the early sixties, and ran it with some friends for a couple of decades . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>He has tons of original Rags, and repros, albums etc . . . great stuff  ( I play some Joplin, Scott & Lamb as well ) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><IMG style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 134px" height=115 alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:410-220064132345282031@13071999" width=244 align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>keep practicing . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>