Indeed, inspiring. Remembers me of a museum in Kopenhagen (mmmhh,
forgot the name) I once visited where they have a small exhibition of
these tools. Impressing.
I was a little upset when I read "they decided to disperse the
collection", but it is true, I've contacted them and you can indeed
buy a random plate, or one from a set which is currently "processed".
I decided to order one for myself, just to have one and mount it
somewhere on one of my wall. Don't know if I'll see any chance for
this later on. I view it as a collectors item.
Other question on the composition materials: in the video there was
indeed mentioning of a "blei pencil", that is indeed a lead (Pb)
pencil to draw lines. Lead is soft enough to do that. But it is too
soft to act as a material to form the base for a printing plate (it
would be crushed on the first run), therefore an alloy is made to get
the right hardness, see e.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal
for a discussion on this.
The plates shown themselves are composed of an alloy of: lead (Pb),
Antimoon (Sb) and Zinc (Zn). Confirmed by Henle.
Regards,
Wim.
On 12 Feb 2013, at 10:35 , Andrew Bernard wrote:
Truly inspiring to watch a master craftsman engraving. I too was
astonished at the cutting of beams and stems without a rule, and the
virtuoso slur engraving. When you consider slurs are thinner at the
ends, there must a lessening of the graver pressure at the ends of
the slur which is incredibly subtle. Astounding technique.
The video shows the plates in the archives 'lovingly preserved'. I
note that the Henle website now has plates for sale for all of 31
euros each, for which I understand you get a random plate. So have
they decided to disperse the collection and throw it away? Seems a
great pity to lose such a valuable reference library of engraved
material.
Andrew
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