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NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Musician’s
Friend Launches Catalog Sales of FreeHand Systems’ MusicPad
Pro®.
FreeHand
Systems’ Products Now Available in Worlds Largest Band and
Orchestra Catalog—Giardinelli from Musicians’ Friend.
LOS
ALTOS, Calif. – July 27, 2006 –FreeHand Systems, Inc.,
wholly owned subsidiary of FreeHand Systems International, Inc.
(OTC:FSYI), announced today that its flagship product, the MusicPad
Pro® and accessories, are now available for the first time in
Giardinelli, the world’s largest band and orchestra catalog.
Other Musician’s Friend catalogs will begin carrying FreeHand
Systems product following this catalog launch.
“Even
before our products have been included in Musician’s Friend’s
mail order catalogs, we have seen growing sales of our products
via Musician’s Friend’s website,” said Kim Lorz,
CEO FreeHand Systems. “Now, we expect that with this launch
in their catalogs, starting with Giardinelli, we will be able to
sell large numbers of our flagship product, the MusicPad Pro."
Musicians
Friend, the catalog subsidiary of Guitar Center, offers over 35,000
products in its catalogs and on its websites, www.musiciansfriend.com
and www.giardinelli.com.
Guitar Center is the worlds largest musical instrument and accessories
retailer and, through Musician’s Friend, offers products direct
to consumers through many catalogs that are mailed to musicians
across the US and Canada.
FreeHand
Systems, Inc. (www.freehandsystems.com),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Freehand Systems International, Inc.
(FSYI), is the global leader in digital sheet music publishing and
is the manufacturer of the first digital music tablet, the MusicPad
Pro® Plus. The MusicPad Pro provides innovative technology to
the music industry for displaying and publishing digitally delivered
sheet music. The company’s digital sheet music website (www.freehandmusic.com)
offers over 85,000 titles for digital download and transfer to the
MusicPad Pro.
Investor
Contact:
650-941-0742 (Investor Relations)
investorrelations@freehandsystems.com
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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This
press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning
of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), including statements regarding potential
sales, the success of the company's business, as well as statements
that include the word "believe" or similar expressions.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of FreeHand Systems International, Inc.
to differ materially from those implied or expressed by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, among others, the risk factors
included in FreeHand Systems International, Inc.'s Annual Report
and any subsequent reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange
Act. This press release speaks as of the date first set forth above
and FreeHand System International, Inc. assumes no responsibility
to update the information included herein for events occurring after
the date hereof. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated due to factors such as the lack of capital, timely development
of products, inability to deliver products when ordered, inability
of potential customers to pay for ordered products, and political
and economic risks inherent in international trade.
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