LOS ALTOS, Calif., Jan. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Freehand Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:FSYI), president and CEO Kim Lorz announced today the 75th subscriber to its classical sheet music downloadable service SheetMusicNow.com. Users at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library join fellow users from the USA and around the world who now have access to the world's largest collection of digitized classical and jazz sheet music which can be downloaded and printed.
Library users can browse, preview, download and print thousands of pieces of high quality sheet music from renowned publishers from around the world, all as part of their library's subscription to this exciting collection. And, publishers receive a royalty for every title printed.
SheetMusicNow.com has partnered with Naxos Digital Services, the online division of Naxos Records, to introduce libraries to its catalog of over 15,000 editions. The service goes hand in hand with the NaxosMusicLibrary service, which gives users access to thousands of hours of recordings from the award-winning Naxos catalogs.
Kim Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems, Inc., said, "We are delighted at the speed which our service is being accepted by libraries across the world. It's a great resource and it's ideal to be used in libraries' music section. Together with NaxosMusicLibrary the libraries' users have a unique resource for listening to, reading and learning about new music."
SheetMusicNow.com, a part of FreeHand Systems Inc., is the world's largest archive and online distributor of downloadable classical and jazz sheet music. With original digital editions from publishers such as Universal Edition, Oxford University Press, Josef Weinberger, Edizioni Pizzicato, Tara Publications and Chanterelle, as well as artists such as Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Sir James Galway and Steven Isserlis. SheetMusicNow.com is a part of FreeHand Systems, Inc.
FreeHand Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Freehand Systems International, Inc. (FSYI), is the global leader in digital sheet music publishing (though its two online digital sheet music sites, sunhawk.com and sheetmusicnow.com) and is the manufacturer of the first digital music tablet, the MusicPad Pro(r) Plus. The pad provides innovative technology to the music industry for displaying and publishing digitally delivered sheet music.
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