<HTML><HEAD> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0" X-FVER="3.0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%">April 8, 2003 Hello Everyone: = The twice-weekly Pianotech live chats have been a great success over the<= BR>past few years, with active participants from many parts of the globe.= Thanks to all of you who join in with us and if you don't we hope to = see you in the future, even if it's just to say hello some day! <BR= >Chat times are Tuesday and Thursday evenings from about 8pm-1am Eastern = Time and Greenwich Mean Time (Tuesday mornings in North America). = There is now an International Sunday chat as well, taking place Sunday<BR= >mornings for those in North America and Sunday Evening for those closer = to Greenwich. The #pianotech channel is carried on the "Starlin= k-IRC" network. Starlink-IRC supports the #pianotech channel with a br= owser-based Java chat as well as WEB-TV. To those who do not wi= sh to learn (or load) another program or have had problems connecting = with us in the past, connecting to the live chat is also simple if you= r browser supports "Java" as most modern browsers do. Go to: <A href== "http://houston.tx.us.starlink-irc.org/">http://houston.tx.us.starlink-ir= c.org/</A> Follow the simple directions and join #pianotech. T= his is an excellent opportunity to interact with other technicians wor= ldwide in real time. On either of the two nights you may run into many<BR= >people whom you may know from these lists and from conventions. Discussi= ons range from shop talk about tools and techniques to piano design an= d of course, using the Internet. Additional public and private "rooms"= can be set up instantly for mini-technicals if required without havin= g to leave the #pianotech channel. The #pianotech "ftp" site, w= ith MIDI files, pictures and other materials used in current and previ= ous discussions can be found at: http://www musselwhite.com/pub <BR= >Complete information about the IRC channel can be found on the excellent= Official #Pianotech WWW Page" at: <A href="http://www.bigfoot.com/= ~kmvander/ircpiano">http://www.bigfoot.com/~kmvander/ircpiano</A> html= Many thanks to Kathleen and David Vanderhoofven for developing a= nd hosting the page. For detailed information on Starlink-IRC i= ncluding how to connect with your browser or through WEB-TV please go = to: <A href="http://www.starlink-irc.org/">http://www.starlink-irc.org/= </A> If anyone has any questions, please EMail myself or David unl= ess you feel the list participants might be interested. Live chat is a= great way to exchange ideas or just spend some time in friendly conve= rsation with like-minded people. We're hoping to see some of yo= u Tuesday and/or Thursday evenings as well as Sundays (or ANY time!) i= n #pianotech on Starlink-IRC.       &nbs= p;               &= nbsp;     John (BudBass) </TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><F= ONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>______________________= ______________________________ <= A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir.asp?ad_id=309&lang=9">= <IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:34E08039-69A4-11D7-B7CA-0000B45A563C"= align=baseline border=0></A>  IncrediMail - Email has= finally evolved - <A href="http://www.incredimail.com/redir= .asp?ad_id=309&lang=9">= Click Here</A></BODY></HTML>