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From: "Vaughan McAlley" <vaug...@mcalley.net.au>
To: "lilypond-user" <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: A must-see for anybody on this list
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
The plate in the video is shiny silver, so it clearly can't be copper. Zinc
and pewter tend to be dull. My guess is that it was aluminium.
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Phil Holmes
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