On 11 February 2013 10:23, Shane Brandes <sh...@grayskies.net> wrote: > > The hand engraving was amazing. I liked the "I don't make mistakes" quote. > > Shane
I never thought much about how music used to be engraved, but when I did there were always more questions than answers. I’m surprised how close it was to writing out music by hand. With a strong style guide and engravers with decades of experience, it’s not surprising they waited a while for typesetting software to catch up. > It makes you wonder what sort of metal exactly the plates are. According to http://musicprintinghistory.org/music-engraving/about-music-engraving.html , zinc, copper or pewter. Vaughan _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
