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QRS Music Technologies, Inc. to Provide 16 Grand Pianos with Pianomation Systems to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, to Stage 'Le Ballet Mecanique,' March 12-29, 2006.


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 Music Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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:QRSM), a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of pianos, piano-based audio and multimedia products, music and piano accessories, announced today that it will provide the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with 16 player pianos to perform music for the well-known dada film "Le Ballet Mecanique." The installation will be activated for a seven- to ten-minute demonstration each weekday at 1:00 and 4:00 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 pm, March 12-29, 2006. The performance will be staged near the entrance of the Gallery's Dada exhibition (on view through May 14, 2006) using 16 QRS Pianomation-driven grand player pianos, three xylophones, four bass drums, a tam-tam, a siren, and three "airplane propellers," all controlled using MIDI technology.

"Partnering with the National Gallery of Art on this performance is an opportunity for us to raise awareness about modern piano-based entertainment systems," said Tom Dolan For other persons named Tom Dolan, see Tom Dolan (disambiguation).

Tom Dolan (born September 16 1974 in Arlington, Virginia) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of QRS Music Technologies. "Player systems today are affordable and versatile; they increase the enjoyment and usage of pianos and are particularly fun for home entertaining, which is why we sell so many to people buying grand pianos."

"Le Ballet Mecanique," by American composer George Antheil George Carl Johann Antheil (June 8, 1900, Trenton, New Jersey – 12 February 1959, New York City) was an American avant-garde composer and pianist. Early life
Antheil grew up in a family of Lutheran immigrants from Ludwigswinkel, Germany.
 (1900-1959), was originally written in 1924 for 16 roll-playing pianos. Due to the technical difficulty involved in getting 16 player pianos to play music precisely in synchronization (and in conjunction with human players and a conductor), Antheil's conception was not realized until recently. The computer-driven installation of the work at the National Gallery will be designed and installed by Paul D. Lehrman of Tufts University Tufts University, main campus at Medford, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1852 by Universalists as a college for men. It became a university in 1955. Jackson College, formerly a coordinate undergraduate college for women, merged with the College of Liberal Arts in  and Eric Singer of the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, or LEMUR, is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists developing robotic musical instruments. Founded in 2000 by musician and engineer Eric Singer, LEMUR's philosophy is to build robotic instruments that play .

When conceived, roll-playing pianos were cutting-edge technology. The QRS Pianomation(R) MIDI system was the first product of its kind to "marry" analog and digital technology, making it possible to turn any piano into a reproducing player piano. Today, the technology continues to evolve. At the most recent NAMM show QRS introduced DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 SyncAlong(TM) technology that enables Pianomation(R) player owners to synchronize performances on their player piano with concert DVDs of popular artists such as Diana Krall, Nora Jones and Billy Joel.

About QRS Music Technologies, Inc.

QRS Music Technologies, Inc. manufactures and distributes pianos and piano accessories, Pianomation(R) musical instrument digital interface (music, hardware, protocol, file format) Musical Instrument Digital Interface - (MIDI /mi'-dee/, /mee'-dee/) A hardware specification and protocol used to communicate note and effect information between synthesisers, computers, music keyboards, controllers, and other electronic  (MIDI) systems for acoustic and digital pianos, and compact discs and music rolls for player pianos. QRS is the creator of Pianomation(R), the first MIDI system to combine analog and digital technology to turn any piano into a reproducing player piano. QRS Music was founded in 1900 and is based in Naples, Florida. QRS is traded over-the-counter on the OTCBB: QRSM. Additional information about QRS is available at www.qrsmusic.com.

National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art, located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Ave. NW, is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free. For information call 202-737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (communications) Telecommunications Device for the Deaf - (TDD) A terminal device used widely by deaf people for text communication over telephone lines.

The acronym TDD is sometimes expanded as "Telecommunication Display Device" but is generally considered to be derived
 (TDD (Time Division Duplexing) A transmission method that uses only one channel for transmitting and receiving, separating them by different time slots. No guard band is used. Contrast with FDD. See also TDD/TTY.

TDD - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
) at 202-842-6176, or visit the Gallery's Web site at www.nga.gov. For more information about the Gallery, the Dada exhibition, and the performance of "Le Ballet Mecanique," visit www.nga.gov.

The National Gallery of Art, one of the world's preeminent museums, was created for the people of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire,  by a joint resolution of Congress accepting the gift of financier, public servant, and art collector Andrew W. Mellon in 1937, the year of his death. The Gallery's collection of some 106,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present.

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 QRS filings on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, and other QRS 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.
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