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CARNEGIE LIBRARY IN PITTSBURGH IS 75TH SUBSCRIBER TO FREEHAND SYSTEMS' DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC SERVICE.

SheetMusicNow.com Provides Libraries Legal Sheet Music Download Subscription Service.

LOS ALTOS, Calif. – January 31, 2006 – Freehand Systems, Inc., subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc. (OTCO: FSYI) announced today the 75th subscriber to its classical sheet music download service SheetMusicNow.com. Users at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh join fellow users from the USA and around the world, including Denmark, Cyprus, Austria and the UK, and now have access to the world's largest collection of classical and jazz sheet music to download and print.

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 releases.

"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 departments. Together with NaxosMusicLibrary the users have a unique resource for listening to, reading and learning about new music," said Kim Lorz, CEO of FreeHand Systems, Inc.

SheetMusicNow.com, a part of FreeHand Systems Inc., is the world's largest online distributor of classical and jazz sheet music downloads, 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.

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® Plus. The pad provides innovative technology to the music industry for displaying and publishing digitally delivered sheet music.

Investor Contact: Heather Owens, Investor Relations
480.609.0468
www.otcinfo.net

Media Contact: Clyde Beswick, VP Marketing
FreeHand Systems, Inc.
95 First Street, Suite 200
Los Altos, CA 94022
310.275.9269
cbeswick@freehandsystems.com

Note to editors: For additional information visit FreeHand System’s website, www.freehandsystems.com. FreeHand Systems, Inc., MusicPad Pro®, MusicPad Pro® Plus, MusicPad Maestro™ are trademarks of FreeHand Systems, Inc.

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