The publication is only the front page and 6 pages of music, so there is no editorial. But I have quite a lot of accordion sheet music, so I will have a look and see if I can find something this weekend. A quick google search found a discussion, but not a very good description. See below. Please email me directly if you have more questions since I am not on the devel list.
https://www.accordionists.info/threads/old-accordion-register-notation.6184/ > The Frosini book is compiled of reprinted material from the 1930's and > 40's. I have a replica of one of the old accordions with only one switch. > It would merely mute the lower set(s) of reeds. So R would mean full > voice and * would indicate that the lower voice should be muted. Tom Cato ons. 30. mar. 2022 kl. 15:56 skrev Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org>: > > Hello Tom, > > > since I'm not sure whether you have sent the PDF to the list also (if > so, your e-mail is still in the queue, I presume) I've forwarded an > image of your PDF. > > David Kastrup has some more questions (attached); it would be nice if > you could respond, ideally directly to the list. > > > Werner > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> > To: Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> > Cc: lilypond-devel@gnu.org > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:35:22 +0200 > Subject: Re: LilyPond's 'oldEE' accordion symbol > Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: > > >> in 1998 you introduced the 'oldEE' accordion symbol to LilyPond's > >> Emmentaler font. Since some time we are wondering where this symbol > >> comes from; we weren't able to find any reference to it. Could you > >> please tell us where you got this from? > > > > Tom replied and sent me a PDF with a scan of the first three pages of > > an accordion transcription of the 'Emperor Waltz', published in 1948 > > by Alfred Music, New York. > > > > Attached is an image showing the first few bars; I can forward the PDF > > in private e-mail on request. > > Accordion editions of this age did not really have standardised symbols: > I suppose there is a synopsis in the first (editorial) pages of the > publication? > > It would be really interesting to know how much use this symbol might > have seen, and whether it was from more than one publisher. > > -- > David Kastrup > -- Tom Cato Amundsen <t...@gnu.org> http://www.solfege.org/ GNU Solfege - free ear training http://www.gnu.org/software/solfege/
