QRSM QRS Music Technologies, Inc. Introduces NetPiano ToGo and NetPiano Unlimited
QRS Music Technologies, Inc. Introduces NetPiano ToGo and NetPiano Unlimited
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2005--QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:QRSM) announced NetPiano Unlimited, which gives the customer unlimited downloads for a subscription period, as compared to the limited monthly platform previously offered. The new patented service is offered only through QRS. No other manufacturer offers this level of music delivery to player piano customers.
Tom Dolan, QRS Music Technologies president, said, "Delivering music in this format is especially important in the international market where delivery of CDs and piracy are hard to enforce."
Dolan also noted, "Our piano dealers can now sell the entire QRS library (about 2,400 titles) with the sale of the piano, where the relative price difference is small as compared to the total price of the piano. Also, the dealer could give their customer a lifetime music subscription as a sales incentive. Subscribers also have the option to buy a song and burn it permanently to a CD."
Unlimited music packages are available to all player piano customers including QRS competitors in 2-year ($1980), 4-year ($3080) and lifetime ($4060) subscriptions, but registered owners of QRS player piano systems receive a 50% discount.
Another advancement, announced at the National Association of Music Merchandisers ("NAMM") convention last month, was NetPiano ToGo, available with the new QRS Petine(TM) and Ancho(TM) Controllers.
Dolan added, "NetPiano ToGo allows subscribers to drag music files from their computer to a compact flash or CD-ROM, where the new music source can be played directly on a piano equipped with QRS's new Pianomation Controllers. This new technology eliminates the need to add an additional wireless interface from the personal computer to the piano. As a result it simplifies use and lowers costs to many of our customers. Of course, there is a migration path for our existing customers that currently use older floppy disc or audio CD only technology."
The QRS Pianomation(R) 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(R) blends them together in perfect harmony and perfect synchronization. The Pianomation(R) MIDI System is the first product of its kind to "marry" analog and digital technology.
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" as well as other statements are forward-looking, and those statements involve risks and uncertainties outside of the control of QRS and are based on current expectations. Consequently, actual results could differ materially from the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements. Attention is directed to cautionary statements in our filings on Form 10K-SB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All those filings are available on the Web site of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
Contacts
For QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
Chuck Campbell, 708-798-9405
www.QRSMusic.com
