----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Holmes" <
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To: "Vaughan McAlley" <
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"lilypond-user" <
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:37:14 AM
Subject: Re: A must-see for anybody on this list
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vaughan McAlley" <
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To: "lilypond-user" <
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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 <
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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.