Pewter is really shiny when it is first cast. And it takes a liltle while to oxidize. I have cast a few things in pewter and also pipe metal (for organ pipes) which is essentially a high tin pewter. The pipe metal will stay shiny a long time and only really needs to be buffed to get rid of the oxidization.
Shane On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:08 AM, bobr...@centrum.is <bobr...@centrum.is>wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Holmes" <m...@philholmes.net> > To: "Vaughan McAlley" <vaug...@mcalley.net.au>, "lilypond-user" < > lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:37:14 AM > Subject: Re: A must-see for anybody on this list > > ----- Original Message ----- > 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. > > In one of the videos I heard the mention of lead. Given how gentle the > hammer strokes were I think they were probably lead. Lead is shiny when > freshly scraped. > > -David > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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