Re: (hypothetical) Availability of LilyPond engravers

[bart deruyter]

Hi,

I think it's a very interesting question, but I think the answer will always be very vague. 

Not only is it hard to estimate how many people use lilypond, but it is, even harder to find out what is ment with 'qualified engraver', at least here in Belgium, because I don't even know what a 'qualified engraver' means, nor how to get 'qualified' (I have no knowledge of any school teaching music typesetting).

But I've been typesetting quite a bit of shorter and longer pieces for guitar, for teaching purposes, my guitarbook, myself and for others, but without payment, at least not directly.

I have time and I'd love to typeset more often, so if you need one more, count me in too ;)

grtz,

Bart

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2015-04-16 20:14 GMT+02:00 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:

Hi Urs,

> I realize that I don't have a real idea about the size of our community, and particularly regarding the availability of music typesetters who could offer reliably continuous engraving services.

This is something I’m interested in as someone who potentially wants to HIRE a Lilypond assistant, as opposed to offering my own services!  :)

> Is it realistic to say there are always enough engravers at hand to accept work?

Can’t wait to hear the final answer.

> I feel that one aspect that makes publishers hesitate to consider LilyPond is exactly this question: They know that there will always be a sufficient number of available and qualified Finale and Sibelius users, and presumably even Score users, but they don't have an idea about this with LilyPond.

+1

> Any opinions or estimates?

My gut reaction (projecting from my own life, of course) is that many of us are composer-engravers who barely even have time to get our own scores done, or hobbyists who wouldn’t be appropriate for the job. The “sweet spot” of qualified engravers with time on their hands is probably pretty small.

Thanks for asking the question!
Kieren.

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