<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are quite a few out there playing ragtime.  Richard Zimmerman, Max Morath, Dick Hyman, to name a few more.  I play ragtime, but not as well ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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> Monday, April 03, 2006 3:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Joplin, MO piano festival</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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:001b01c6575a$af039ac0$01429c04@D5XVKT41" 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> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2>From: "Paul Mulik" <</FONT><A href="mailto:tubist@swbell.net"><FONT size=2>tubist@swbell.net</FONT></A><FONT size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:37 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: Joplin, MO piano festival</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>>> She looks like a delightful child . .  you are entitled to be proud, . . .<BR>> .<BR>>> though, as my wife often points out,  her talent probably came from her<BR>>> mother . . right !!<BR>> <BR>> ha ha .. my wife is definitely a better pianist than I.  I can play a little<BR>> ragtime, but that's about it.<BR>> <BR>> --Paul<BR>></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>